The disappearance of President Biden As negotiations on a spending bill to fund the government continued last Friday, Democrats are fine with it, according to a new report.
“Biden has been conspicuously absent beyond a brief statement from his press secretary — and for now, Democrats said there was little reason to return,” Politico said. reported Thursday, a day after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump scuttled the first bipartisan spending bill.
The article said that despite the struggle to prevent a government shutdown, “no one seemed to be looking to Biden for answers — and the lame-duck president gave no indication that he had any desire to provide any.”
“I have not received any word from President Biden or heard anything he is saying,” California Democratic Rep. Mark Takano told Politico, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries would not say he has had contact with Biden, just that he has had contact with Biden. ‘had close contact with the government’.
A government shutdown looms as Republicans struggle to put together a comprehensive spending package. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Accountable Tech)
As Politico put it, “For the most part, it seemed like Democrats were okay with Biden taking a back seat.”
Even during a caucus meeting among House Democrats, “there was no reflection on Biden’s own views on the impasse,” with members instead “emphatically calling Muscus ‘President Musk.’
Biden allies argued that the silence was “a strategic decision” to position Trump to “take the blame for any shutdown… damaging him politically even before he takes power.”
Yet Politico reported that Democrats only spoke to White House staffers during this period, without confirmation of a direct line to the current president.
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Democrats have called out President Biden for fading into the background before President-elect Donald Trump took office. (Getty Images)
Biden had spent all of Wednesday at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, as the White House put a lid on the door after the bipartisan bill was defeated. He remained there Thursday and remained silent with nothing on his public agenda.
“(The president’s absence underscores a shocking reality that officials from both parties say has become clear since the November election: While Biden is still technically running the country, Trump – and increasingly Musk – are now the real captains) , Politico said.
The Democrats hope to blame Trump and ‘President Musk’ for a possible shutdown.
Fox News digital contacted the White House for comment.
Some Democrats have defended Biden’s silence during the spending bill debate as a “strategic decision” to blame Trump for a shutdown. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Politico’s report followed one bomb report from the Wall Street Journal, which revealed that several members of Biden’s staff noticed his waning staying power as early as 2021 during the first few months of his presidency.
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