Joe Biden Is Not Normal

A funny thing happened on the way to renewed normality.

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President Biden speaks to reporters at Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa, April 12, 2022.

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Joe Biden is falling down on his promise to bring normality back to the presidency for a basic reason — he’s not normal.

Biden’s long pedigree, conventional politics, and contrast with Donald Trump suggested that he’d bring predictability and calm to the highest reaches of the nation’s politics.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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