President Biden shared his opinion on why Virginia governor’s race, which CNN tasks Republican Glenn Youngkin gained over Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
“No governor in Virginia has ever gained when he is of the identical or she or he is identical occasion of the sitting president,” Biden stated throughout remarks on the White Home Wednesday afternoon. “What I do know is, I do know that individuals need us to get issues finished. They need us to get issues finished. And that is why I’m persevering with to push very exhausting for the Democratic occasion to maneuver alongside and go my infrastructure invoice and my Construct Again Higher invoice.”
Biden additionally chalked up the loss to a “entire vary of issues,” together with the continuing coronavirus pandemic, he stated.
“Individuals are upset and unsure about lots of issues from Covid to highschool to jobs to a complete vary of issues,” the President stated. “And the price of a gallon of gasoline. And so if I can go, signal into regulation my Construct Again Higher initiative, I am in a place the place you may see so much of these issues ameliorated shortly and swiftly.”
Requested if takes accountability for McAuliffe’s loss or if he thought the Democrat would have gained if his Construct Again Higher agenda handed earlier than Election Day, Biden stated: “Nicely, I believe we should always have handed earlier than Election Day. However I am unsure that I might be capable to have modified the variety of very conservative of us who turned out within the crimson districts who have been Trump voters. However possibly, possibly.”
