Americans were sold a lie about Joe Biden when he was a candidate in the 2020
election.
Certainly when he was running against other democrats in the primary,
he claimed that being a moderate means that he can strike deals with the GOP.
He can really get the democratic agenda through congress.
Well, that hasn't worked out.
And guess what?
Despite all of his pro moderate or pro centrist,
marketing the right wing still tries to paint him as a socialist.
And that was certainly the framing of Peter Doocy's question during Biden's
recent press conference.
So let's take a quick look at that.
>> Why are you trying so hard in your first year to
pull the country so far to the left?
>> Well, I'm not, I don't know what you consider to be too far to the left.
If in fact, we're talking about making sure that we had the money for
COVID making sure we had the money to put together the bipartisan infrastructure.
>> That part of his answer was fine.
I wanted to show that beginning part mostly because of Peter Doocy is
framing there because there is literally no indication that the Biden
administration has even attempted to move the country to the left.
I mean, if you want to look at the coronavirus stimulus bill,
which was pared back considerably from what it initially was.
It wasn't really very different from what the Trump
administration had supported in the previous stimulus bills.
So it's nonsense framing.
But the part of Biden's answer that got under my skin,
was how he decided to throw Senator Sanders under the bus.
Let's watch.
>> You guys have been trying to convince me that I am, Bernie Sanders.
I'm not I like him, but I'm not Bernie Sanders.
I'm not a socialist, I'm a mainstream Democrat.
And I have been in mainstream Democrats have overwhelming,
if you notice the 48 of the 50 Democrats supported
me in the Senate and virtually everything I've asked.
>> So how has that worked out for you, Biden?
How has that worked out for the Democratic voters who were absolutely
convinced that the moderate approach was the right approach.
Did he get you the voting rights bill?
No.
Did it get the passage of any social spending that would address really
important issues like universal pre k, free community college,
lowering prescription drug prices, expanding Medicaid.
Did it do any of that?
No, it didn't.
It didn't do any of that.
But I'm really glad that he felt the need to call out Senator Sanders and
make him out to be something that Biden would never want to be associated with.
He likes him, he likes him.
But he's not some socialist that would actually maybe
fight to get things done for working people in the country Jake.
>> Yeah, guys, look,
I know that everybody in Washington thinks that you should kiss the ass the powerful.
So they're gonna be outraged at what I'm about to say.
But every one of you is going to know that it's obvious.
Hey, Joe Biden, you're supposed to be on the left.
You're not supposed to help Fox News frame the left is weirdo radicals that
you're not part of.
He asked you, have you gone too far left?
The correct answer is goddamn right I'm on the left because I wouldn't want to be
part of the monsters that are on the right.
That believe that black people shouldn't get as much of an opportunity to vote as
white people, that's why they pass all those bills in all those different states.
I wouldn't want to be part of the right wing that supports Donald Trump who is
against our democracy and tried to destroy it.
Who are in favor of corporations robbing you blind over and over again.
Who gave $2 trillion Texas to the richest people in the country.
I'm not on the right, I'm on the left.
Next question, okay?
Instead, what did he do?
I'm sorry for being on the left, but I'm not too far left.
I'm not, I swear to God,
Fox News, I'm not too far left, the right wing is definitely right.
But I'm going to, please please don't put me on the left.
I wish I was a Republican, I wish I was, I'm so sorry.
That was what you saw there.
That's the subliminal message he's delivering with,
it's not even a dog with a whistle.
It's like a giant human whistle saying, I don't want to be on the left.
The right wing is correct.
Don't you know anything about framing?
And the correct answer is no.
Because those same idiot Democrats have
been supporting Republican framing their entire careers.
Assuming that the country's right wing, when it isn't.
Remember schmuck, they elected you not Donald Trump, you are on the left,
Trump is on the right.
I have to remind him and
talk slowly cuz apparently he doesn't understand it at all.
>> No, he doesn't.
But to be fair to Biden, if you want to call it that,
I think he said what he genuinely believes.
He's certainly not on the left.
He's just not.
I mean, the fact that he told his corporate donors during the election
that nothing would fundamentally change.
These are specifically Wall Street donors he was speaking to.
The reason why he answered that question the way he did is because he didn't want
to upset his donors.
Who cares if he upsets the left,
meaning voters who identify as on the left, who cares about that?
He doesn't want to upset the moneyed interests that promoted him, funded him.
The moneyed interests that have a huge influence over our
corporate media as well.
I mean, this is who he is.
He answered honestly.
And so I guess credit for being honest about how much of a failure you are,
about how much you've abandoned any policy that would actually
improve people's lives, policy that you claim to be supportive of.
I mean, it's just, all of it is pathetic.
The framing of the question is pathetic because there's no reason to believe that
Biden has really promoted anything that is on the left or fought for
anything that's on the left.
I mean, he put out that policy, the build back better agenda, but he's the one who
pushed to decouple physical infrastructure from the rest of the social spending.
He knew what he was doing.
He knew that the fate of the social spending portion of that legislation was
doomed the second that they did that.
When people tell you who they are, just believe them.
This is who Biden is, this is who he is.
>> Yeah, look, guys, here's another easy way you can tell,
if someone like me was in that position, do you think I'd hesitate?
If I had an agenda, I would aggressively fight for that agenda,
you might say, hey, listen Jack, there's a reason why you're not in that position.
You didn't kiss corporate ass and taking off money and
the media hates you because you're against the status quo.
And, and so yeah, that's all true, that's all true.
I'm just saying in the hypothetical where you had someone, anyone,
however they got there that actually believed in what they were saying and
believed in their agenda, they would fight for it.
You know, that if somebody said, hey, money in politics was the big deal,
I'd rip their heads off politically, right?
And rhetorically, and I would explain why money in politics is so
corrosive to our democracy, it's toxic.
It's obvious legalized bribery.
And I give you that as a juxtaposition cuz when you asked Biden about
anything you get, I'm sorry for being on the left, I love Republicans.
Okay, well, all right, well, what?
Okay, fine then I'm the bad guy.
I'm the bad guy for saying that Joe Biden is weak.
Okay, well, Biden show me strength, and don't attack the left.
That's not strong.
That's what you've done your whole life.
You think that the left has no power.
That's why you keep kicking them.
That is not strong.
That further proves how weak you are.
Attack the other guys.
The ones on the right, Joe, the ones you are opposed to in elections.
And when someone asks you about your agenda, show some goddamn passion.
And the reason you don't is because you don't really care.
It isn't your agenda.
Your agenda was to get elected president and
worry about your legacy cuz like every other politician,
you're obsessed with your ego and you couldn't care less about policy.
You never believed in your so called agenda.
We told you from day one that corporations weren't gonna allow that and he works for
corporations.
They're the one who gave them,
they literally gave him hundreds of millions of dollars to run for president.
So good, you'll get a pat on the back from your boss.
Go, go find a CEO Joe.
They think you're doing a great job.
Way to bend down and kneel, Joe.
Show me your agenda, prove me wrong, fight for something.
You'll never do it, and I'll be 100% right.