Most Democrats might be angry that the “Build Back Better” legislation is, at least for now, dead in the Senate.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is among Democrats who are slamming Sen. Joe Manchin for what they say is an “egregious breach” of Biden’s trust on BBB. But that doesn’t mean that the Biden administration has stopped promoting the effort, even if it means going to ridiculous lengths:
WH urges Putin to 'build back better' instead of invading Ukraine https://t.co/eUF0wZfGfB pic.twitter.com/fQ0q22UezH
— New York Post (@nypost) December 17, 2021
Always be closing!
Said it before. I’ll say it again… from top to bottom in Biden White House all positions are filled by the most unqualified and inept people in the history of American politics. pic.twitter.com/IaW5MSNLxh
— H.L. Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) December 19, 2021
I agree 100%. Totally embarrassing to say the least.
— dakmba (@dakmba) December 19, 2021
I’m surprised Putin or Xi haven’t got hernias from laughing too hard.
— H.L. Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) December 19, 2021
And where did that come from? A Biden administration official made the comments during a call with reporters that was at least partly about the situation with Russia and Ukraine:
This should be enough to keep me laughing for the rest of the day. https://t.co/akPlHoMKO4 pic.twitter.com/uMlbfecAIo
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) December 19, 2021
The State Department transcript has the comments from a “senior administration official”:
At least the policies Biden supports are popular in Russia, according to a US State Dept official. https://t.co/rM6PnITtUT pic.twitter.com/NOChOn3q3K
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) December 19, 2021
Officials in this administration pointing out that “Build Back Better”-style initiatives poll better in Russian than in the U.S. isn’t really making the point they seem to think.
Here’s that portion of the transcript:
You asked what the Russians are up to. I will let the Russians speak for themselves with regard to what they’re up to. We believe, the President believes, our allies believe that if there are concerns – and we have concerns on our side, they clearly have concerns on their side – they are best discussed diplomatically in the Normandy format, in these other formats that we have. And that is what we are proposing, and that is a far better path not only for Ukraine and all of us but for the Russian Federation itself.
I mean, let’s remember that Russia has one of the highest COVID levels in the world. The Russian people don’t need a war with Ukraine. They don’t need their sons coming home in body bags. They don’t need another foreign adventure. What they need is better health care, build back better, roads, schools, economic opportunity. And that’s what the polling is showing in Russia. So we hope that President Putin will take this opportunity for diplomacy and will also listen to the needs of his own people.
Well then, maybe Biden should go to Russia and try to sell his agenda, because many in the U.S. certainly don’t want it!
It’s not even working for us ! What a salesman
— DeliDan313 (@DDan313) December 17, 2021
For a minute I thought this was a @TheBabylonBee headline. https://t.co/OaNLXTy5Nb
— Dafna🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@TruthWins4ever) December 18, 2021
You can’t make this stuff up.
