charlie sykes: “Some presidents command the public’s imagination. Biden hardly even got attention. He speculated that the president could return to Before Times-style politics of bipartisan backroom deals. While Trump dominates the news, Biden is almost the first Trump seemed to fade into the background, rarely using his bullish pulpit to rally public support or explain his vision for the country. But Biden often felt like he was…elsewhere.”
“Biden also misread the trajectory of Trumpism. Like many others, he thought Trump’s problems would resolve themselves and that his election meant a return to normalcy. So instead of holding the man accountable for trying to overturn the election, he , who apparently believed his role was to turn around the Justice Department, chose Merrick Garland as attorney general. Garland eventually turned the case over to special prosecutor Jack Smith, who in turn chose him as attorney general. He was prosecuted. But it was too late.”
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