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Biden brings back bipartisan meetings at the White House

President Biden has brought back bipartisan meetings at the White House that diminished under his predecessor, trying to find common ground with Republicans even as they remain far apart on issues related to the next round of coronavirus relief.

What was the point of tons of meetings with Democrats for Trump when Democrats were just going to go moonbat?

Biden’s first meeting with lawmakers in the Oval Office was with Republican senators on the coronavirus proposal and he has since met with bipartisan members of Congress on infrastructure and, later, supply chain issues. Biden’s outreach to Republicans has also extended beyond Capitol Hill to governors and local leaders as his administration grapples with the coronavirus and recent winter storms in southern states.

Right, right, Trump never ever tried to talk to governors and local leaders. The Credentialed Media TDS continues

The meetings are another example of a return to more traditional governing under Biden and he is expected to make them a regular occurrence.

White House spokesman Michael Gwin said that the president is “glad to welcome lawmakers from both parties to the White House to work towards finding common ground on the challenges we face, and he’ll continue to do so throughout his time in office.”

“Biden’s brand is bringing people together, so it’s always helpful for him to remind voters that he’s trying to unite,” said Democratic strategist Joel Payne. “For now, it helps him stay above the fray.”

While Biden is making an effort to reach across the aisle, the real test will be whether that engagement yields any results. Discussions with Republicans on COVID-19 relief have brought both sides no closer to a compromise. Democrats have pushed ahead to pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal using budget reconciliation, creating tensions with Republicans.

So, what did this more traditional governing accomplish? Joe and the House Democrats pushed the exact same COVID bill which is mostly not about COVID relief. There were no changes to it to deal with Republican concerns, nothing that will allow it to be voted on the normal way in the Senate. The House vote saw zero Republicans supporting it and two Democrats voting against it. Any Senate Republican who votes for it will get destroyed in their home states. Democrats may lose one or two Dem Senator votes, so they couldn’t even go for reconciliation.

Talking about being bipartisan is light years from actually acting bipartisan. It’s rather like New Year’s resolutions: it’s easy to talk about losing weight. It’s a lot harder to actually do that.

“He’s said he wants Republicans at the table from the very beginning,” said one longtime Biden adviser. “You can’t campaign on that for a year and a half and then not do it.”

Being at the table is meaningless if that’s all it is. Biden’s previous boss did the same, then blew off the majority of GOP ideas and concerns. Unity and bipartisanship isn’t listening to Republicans then going ahead and doing everything the hard left wants and none of what Republicans want. Many sports teams and players talk big, then go out and lose bigly because they didn’t follow the plan.

Biden has forecast plans to pass a recovery and infrastructure package and Democrats have also introduced an immigration proposal on Capitol Hill, presenting his next tests to work with Republicans. Biden would need Republicans to join Democrats in order to pass an immigration overhaul.

You can bet the recovery and infrastructure packages will be as far left as the COVID bill, and the illegal immigration/amnesty one is chock full of hooking illegals up while paying lipservice to protecting the border and reducing the flow of illegals.

“From the moment Trump won, Democrats were committed to defeating him four years later. The Democratic base had no interest in working with Trump,” said Conant. “Trump never presented himself as a president for all Americans. If you didn’t support Trump, he viewed you as the opposition from Day One.”

Exactly, so why meet lots with Democrats except on big issues? There was no point. They were #Resist, wouldn’t agree with anything Trump offered no matter how center it was. Biden can have all the meetings he wants, but, he won’t listen, so, Republicans will soon not bother attending.

Joe Biden’s Cabinet Nominees Prove His Unity Claims Are Garbage

In his first address on Nov. 7 to the nation after being prematurely crowned “president-elect” by the legacy media, Joe Biden called for “a time to heal” and urged for “unity.” At his January inauguration, President Biden did the same.

“With unity we can do great things. Important things. We can right wrongs. We can put people to work in good jobs. We can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome this deadly virus. We can reward work, rebuild the middle class, and make health care secure for all. We can deliver racial justice,” Biden said.

Then Biden signed the most executive orders (15) in his first day than any other U.S. President in history—notably eliminating the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission to properly educate students about America’s founding. His cabinet nominations also do not spell unity. They indicate the opposite.

His cabinet nominees are nuts, he’s ruling by executive order, and nothing he’s doing is anything but doing what the hard left nuts want him to do.

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