Here We Go. Biden Says He Could Have Won, And He Regrets Appointing Merrick Garland As AG.
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After a severe defeat at the polls, some of the knives come out among various people in the defeated political party over the loss and who is to blame. Well, President Biden says he could have defeated Trump (Uh No Joe), and he does publicly admit that...

Summary

President Biden expressed regret over appointing Merrick Garland as Attorney General, criticizing Garland’s slow action in prosecuting Donald Trump for the January 6 insurrection while aggressively pursuing cases against Hunter Biden.

Biden reportedly blamed former Chief of Staff Ron Klain for persuading him to choose Garland over other candidates, such as Doug Jones, who was seen as more politically assertive.

Many Democrats share Biden’s frustration, believing Garland’s cautious approach harmed efforts to hold Trump accountable.

  • @kreskin
    29•4 days ago

    AG serves at the will of the president. This whole “woopsie” I regret it! 4 years in is a little silly. How dumb does Biden think we are?

    • Eugene V. Debs' GhostEnglish
      7•4 days ago

      How dumb does Biden think we are?

      Have you seen the deflection from his personal choices? From helping to get Clarance Thomas into the SCOTUS by attacking his rape victim of Anita Hill, to personally giving an eulogy for Strom Thurmond, to acting like we’re stupid for paying attention to his documented words from “I won’t ever pardon my son” to “I’m a one term president, I won’t run again.”

      Biden is either the 3rd most forgetful president in times of convince, behind Trump and Reagan, or he is actively calling us what he is himself.

    • @wolfpack86
      0•4 days ago

      And how does it look when he fires the guy investigating his son? That’s the same shit we derided trump for doing… tinkering with the Justice Department which has long operated with a high degree of independence for exactly these reasons.

      No win situation for Biden, who assumed he would get another term in office. Don’t pretend it isn’t anything but.

      • @kreskin
        4•3 days ago

        The minute he nominated a rightwing AG it became a no win sitaution of his own making. So you are just assuming Bidens a straight up idiot rather than him appointing Garland out of a desire to get Trump out of trouble. Hrm, well, I accept your logic that he may just be an epic moron instead of corrupt and playing the dems for fools.

        Still-- He sure does have a lot of pride in “negotiating” with the right-- where he golly-gee-shucks tends to give them more than they even are bargaining for: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-harry-reid-mitch-mcconnell/

        He also generally takes rightwing positions, has decades of racist statements and decades of anti abortion and anti gay rights, so I think him faking being a blue player is not out of the question.

        • Eugene V. Debs' GhostEnglish
          2•2 days ago

          He also generally takes rightwing positions, has decades of racist statements and decades of anti abortion and anti gay rights, so I think him faking being a blue player is not out of the question.

          Biden is a 2000 Republican, that’s how far the Democrats have moved backwards in being “progressives”.