Blaine Coleman
2 min readFeb 7, 2022

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Maybe so but let facts rather than rightwing lies be the judge:

In 2021, Mr. Biden's first year in office, the economy added a record 6.4 million jobs — an average of 537,000 jobs a month.

Wages went up 7%, the first measurable increase since before the previous Administration.

When Mr. Biden took office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.3%. By December, it had fallen to 3.9%

Under Mr. Biden, consumer prices rose 7% across 2021, which was the fastest rate of inflation in 40 years, amid supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic and high demand.

$27.8 trillion — National debt when Mr. Biden took office

$29.8 trillion — National debt after one year in office ($2T increase- included the $3T Covid Relief Bill)

CVID deaths (Delta surge)

2021: 451,475

2020: 385,453

Early in his administration, Mr. Biden aimed to get 70% of adult Americans at least one COVID shot by July 4. The nation was a little behind but finally reached that milestone about a month later, on August 2. Since he announced that goal, children as young as 5 years of age may now be vaccinated. Now, as of January 19, over 209.5 million Americans are fully vaccinated, and nearly 82 million have received a booster, according to the CDC. Nearly 74% of those 18 or older are fully vaccinated.

41 federal circuit and district court judges confirmed by the Senate

President Biden has confirmed the highest number of circuit and district court judges of any president since Ronald Reagan

*1.7 million migrant apprehensions at the southern border in fiscal 2021

11,414 refugees admitted

In May, Mr. Biden raised the U.S. refugee cap to 62,500, raising it from Trump's historic low of 15,000. But ultimately, only 11,414 were admitted because the resettlement infrastructure underwent heavy cuts during the Trump era — the refugee resettlement agencies closed offices and scaled back services. For 2022, Mr. Biden has set an ambitious 125,000 refugee cap, which is likely not to be met because of the decimated resettlement infrastructure. In the three months of the 2022 fiscal year so far, only 3,268 have been admitted. And these numbers do not include tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees.

All of that accomplished in the face of a hostile (to us all) Congress

Yes, Biden isn't perfect but compared to the previous POTUS he's an improvement in too many areas to be counted.

Maybe in 2024 we'll get a POTUS with a magic wand?

Or at least more representation in the Senate so DINO Manchin can be bypassed.

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Blaine Coleman
Blaine Coleman

Written by Blaine Coleman

Rel. Studies, Creative Writing… Social liberal/fiscal conservative, occasional writer- profile pic- 6-yr-old coal minor 1910-flow with the Tao, all will be well

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