Biden & Virginia: Trump-Centric Strategy

This week, the president took a trip to Virginia to try and help salvage the gubernatorial prospects of fellow Washington lifer, Terry McAuliffe. Biden used the appearance to liken the GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin to January 6 rioters, to lie about Republicans supporting “book bans,” and to attempt to goad former president Donald Trump into coming to Virginia (mission accomplished? or perhaps not).

Joe Biden wants to talk about one person these days, and that person isn’t Joe Biden. Then again, what does he possibly have to brag about? Shutting down COVID? More Americans have died from the disease during his presidency than his predecessor’s, even with the emergence of vaccines. “I will not shut down the country,” Biden promised during his campaign. “I will shut down the virus.” Now, of course, coronavirus isn’t really the president’s fault. But since Biden had no compunction about blaming Trump personally for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of citizens, no one can fault voters for using the same standard of culpability now.

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David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner.

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This week, the president took a trip to Virginia to try and help salvage the gubernatorial prospects of fellow Washington lifer, Terry McAuliffe. Biden used the appearance to liken the GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin to January 6 rioters, to lie about Republicans supporting “book bans,” and to attempt to goad former president Donald Trump into coming to Virginia (mission accomplished? or perhaps not).

Joe Biden wants to talk about one person these days, and that person isn’t Joe Biden. Then again, what does he possibly have to brag about? Shutting down COVID? More Americans have died from the disease during his presidency than his predecessor’s, even with the emergence of vaccines. “I will not shut down the country,” Biden promised during his campaign. “I will shut down the virus.” Now, of course, coronavirus isn’t really the president’s fault. But since Biden had no compunction about blaming Trump personally for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of citizens, no one can fault voters for using the same standard of culpability now.