Former Presidential candidate and current Senator of Utah Mitt Romney says Joe Biden’s first year has been a disaster. While discussing Biden on MSNBC’s Meet the Press, Romney told Chuck Todd he didn’t just have a bad week, “as a matter of fact, he’s had a bad year. He’s had 52 weeks of bad weeks.”
“Where do you think we stand…where do you think the nation is right now?” Todd asks.
“The nation is severely divided. President Biden said he was going to try to unite the country…his comments in Georgia did not suggest he’s trying to pull us back together again. He has to recognize that when he was elected people weren’t looking for him to transform America, they were looking to get back to normal —to stop the crazy. And it seems like we’re continuing to see the kinds of policy and promotions that are not accepted by the American people,” Romney answered.
“I mean, people are 7 percent poorer now because of Biden inflation. Gasoline prices are, what, 50 percent higher than they were when he took office. The border is a mess. COVID was resurgent, but he didn’t have a place for the tests people needed to keep themselves safe.”
“And then, of course, there was a disaster in Afghanistan. Russia`s now threatening Ukraine. Things are not going well. And the president needs to stop and reset and say what is it he’s trying to accomplish. And if it’s to try and transform America, he is not going to unite us.”
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The 1st year of the Biden Administration has been 52 bad weeks:
-7% inflation
-botched Afghanistan withdrawal
-COVID resurgence & testing shortage
-disaster at our southern borderPOTUS needs to stop trying to transform America and work to unify the country, like he promised. pic.twitter.com/xhrhASZC6c
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) January 16, 2022