US President Joe Biden defended this Wednesday that the midterm elections did not bring the Republican “red wave” predicted by the party and in the polls, and guaranteed that he was “ready” to work with the opposition to the Democrats.
“I think it was a good day for democracy and I think it was a good day for America,” Biden said at a White House news conference, referring to the US midterm elections that took place in the United States. out Tuesday.
“Americans have spoken and shown once again that democracy defines who we are,” he said in a speech from the White House, hailing the record votes and all those who allowed them “seemingly without interference.”
Contrary to what some polls and analysts predicted, there was no “red wave”, said the US president, who indicated that he was “ready to work” with the Republicans, who are in the process of stripping the Democrats of the majority in The lower part. House of Congress and have the upper hand in the Senate race.
“Although some good Democrats didn’t win, the Democrats had a good night. We lost fewer House seats than any Democratic president in his first term in the last 40 years,” he said.
Joe Biden especially thanked the “youngest”, who will have “historically voted again, as they did two years ago”, for their priorities: “combating the climate crisis, armed violence, maintaining their rights and relieving the debts of the students”.
Voters also showed they are “still frustrated,” which Biden says he “understands” because these have been “very difficult years for the country,” which was still dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic when he took office.
“I will not support any Republican proposal that makes inflation worse”
Whatever the official result of the elections, Biden guarantees that he is “prepared to work with his fellow Republicans”, but warns that “Americans have made it clear that Republicans must also be prepared” to work with the US president.
When he returns from the G20 meeting in Indonesia, he will invite the leaders of the two major parties to visit the White House to “discuss how they can work together” on behalf of US economic and national security priorities.
“Let me be very clear: I am not going to support any Republican proposal that worsens inflation, for example,” he also settled immediately, also drawing climate issues and drug prices as red lines.
Source: TSF
