President Joe Biden's administration was sane, noiseless and progressive, produced a stable economy and foreign policy despite the steady negative voices of doom and gloom and a media that was not happy because the President failed their wishes for more visual ability. DEI, which the President supported had a positive effect on the job market and the lowest sustained unemployment rate since the 1960's. A record of 15 plus million jobs created and no economic recession that the negative voices were predicting in the President's last two years in office.
All was accomplished despite the COVID pandemic, the loss of 2.7 million jobs in the previous administration, record deficits and debts and record federal spending. Inflation rose and the economy continued to do well, consumer spending (which represents 70% of the economy) continued to be positive and when the President left office, the inflation rate was within 0.3% of the Federal Reserve's target of 2% inflation.
On President Biden's watch the federal government supported and protected the institutions of public and private government and supported the constitutional process. He did not threaten to take them over or destroy them for his own satisfaction. Violent crime was down the last three years of his administration. The President never once thought of having federal agents wear mask or hoods to conceal their identities when performing their jobs. Nor would he have approved of masked or hooded agents arresting immigrants and sending them to another country without due process. When appointing his cabinet and others to high positions he did not appoint millionaires and billionaires to be ditto heads, he appointed them to do the jobs they were qualified for.
All of that changed and not for the better when the country elected a convicted criminal Donald Trump to be President. The change that has taken place over the past six and half months do not have to be rehashed here because everyone is up to date. America's politics are in a different place now where lies and lying has become foreign and domestic policy along with anti-Democratic and un-American rhetoric and actions. The media has accepted Trump's political corruption as a new norm and would like the people to believe there are no alternatives. This writer rejects that pitiful thought.
The President is not only a convicted criminal on 34 felony counts, he has already been held liable for sexual assault and fined in a court of law. He is a fraudster and a traitorous President who attempted to overthrow the 2020 Presidential election with his riot mob at the nation's capitol. That action betrayed his oath of office and the U.S. constitution. The American people and the country deserve better, even those who fell for the con man and most unqualified person for office.
America the Beautiful will survive but the damage done by Donald Trump will linger longer than most people think. The best thing to happen is for Congress to have enough votes and impeach. Impeachment is justified and the cleanest and most legal way to take care of this problem. It is that serious.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
