Despite the absurd onslaught of mindless criticism of Joe Biden from our current Pig-in-Chief, Joe continues to be a popular figure in American politics. Anyone with eyes that can see clearly and a brain that functions "normally" can see that Biden was a far-superior president than Trump could ever dream of being. It's shameful that a fusillade of lies continues to emanate from the "White (Supremacist) House." We will be able to "make America great again" but only when we rid ourselves of the scourge of the Trump Crime Family. And make no mistake, it truly is a crime family.
by Ryan Mack
We spend a lot of time talking about Donald Trump. But let’s take a minute to give Joe Biden a real accounting for what he did for this country.
Joe Biden took office in January 2021 during a pandemic, when unemployment was 6.4%, millions of people were out of work, businesses were struggling, and COVID was still disrupting every part of American life. He signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, helping families, small businesses, schools, local governments, and communities recover.
Then came global supply-chain problems, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising energy prices, and inflation. Inflation reached 9.1% in June 2022, the highest rate in about 40 years. But by Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, it had fallen to 2.9%.
The Inflation Reduction Act was doggone good policy.
For the first time in American history, it gave Medicare the authority to negotiate directly with Big Pharma over prescription-drug prices. The first 10 negotiated drug prices, covering medicines used by roughly 9 million Medicare beneficiaries, are projected to save Medicare about $6 billion and save seniors and people with disabilities about $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone. Those negotiated prices range from 38% to 79% below list prices.
So when people try to take credit for lower prescription-drug prices, let’s be clear about where that policy came from: Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. I did a video about that, and I’ll post it in the comments.
And let’s talk about the PACT Act for our veterans. As somebody who works with the VFW, I want to say thank you, Joe Biden. The PACT Act expanded care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. By January 2025, the VA had approved more than 1.46 million PACT Act claims, awarded more than $8.9 billion in backdated benefits, and enrolled more than 796,000 veterans in VA health care.
Then there is the CHIPS and Science Act. That law made nearly $53 billion available for American semiconductor manufacturing, research, and workforce development. Within its first year, companies announced more than $166 billion in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing investments, while at least 50 community colleges in 19 states expanded or created training programs to prepare workers for these jobs.
That is why organizations like the IBEW understand what this means. It means projects. It means construction. It means skilled-trades jobs. It means more Americans building things in America again.
And Joe Biden made historic investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities. From fiscal year 2021 through 2024, his administration delivered more than $17 billion in federal support for HBCUs. That included more than $11.4 billion in grants, contracts, and debt relief for HBCUs, more than $4 billion in financial aid and veterans’ education benefits for HBCU students, and nearly $4 billion for HBCUs through the American Rescue Plan and other COVID-relief laws.
Let’s also remember the larger economic record.
The economy added about 15 million jobs during Biden’s administration.
Unemployment fell from 6.4% when Biden took office to below 4% for 25 consecutive months, the longest such stretch in more than 50 years.
Black unemployment reached its lowest annual rate on record in 2023.
Manufacturing and semiconductor investment returned in a major way, with hundreds of billions of dollars announced for American factories and production.
Medicare drug negotiations are expected to save billions for taxpayers and seniors, not because of campaign speeches, but because a law was passed and implemented.
Joe Biden did not govern through chaos, outrage, or constant social-media drama. He put his head down and did the work: recovery from a pandemic, jobs, veterans’ benefits, HBCU investments, manufacturing, infrastructure, health-care savings, and real economic policy.
Democrats have to do a better job talking about our victories. These are not just talking points. These are laws, dollars, jobs, benefits, and opportunities that changed people’s lives.
So today, I want to say: thank you, Joe Biden.
Thank you for the Inflation Reduction Act.
Thank you for the PACT Act.
Thank you for the CHIPS and Science Act.
Thank you for the American Rescue Plan.
Thank you for more than $17 billion in support for HBCUs.
Thank you for investing in veterans, workers, families, and America’s future.
Joe Biden was a much better president than many people give him credit for. Share this if you believe it is time to talk about the accomplishments.
- Ryan Mack…proud supporter of Joe Biden.
Update: How could I forget the infrastructure bill?
Shout out to the two folks in the comments who reminded me. I cannot believe I left this one out.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, $1.2 trillion, signed by Joe Biden on November 15, 2021. The largest infrastructure investment in this country since FDR. Roads, bridges, ports, rail, transit, broadband, clean water, and a modernized power grid. Real projects in real communities.
Donald Trump gave us “infrastructure week” over and over and never delivered. Joe Biden actually signed it into law.
And I know what this bill has meant on the ground because I have taught financial literacy to a lot of union members whose paychecks grew because of the work it created. Skilled trades. Construction. Utility work. Real jobs, with real wages, doing real work rebuilding America. Helping those workers manage that increased income, plan, invest, and build long-term wealth has been some of the most meaningful work I do.
So let me correct the record on my own post.
Thank you, Joe Biden, for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Thank you for the jobs, the projects, and the paychecks it created for working families.
And thank you to everyone who called me out in the comments. Keep me honest. That is exactly how this is supposed to work.
Update #2: How could I forget the immigration bill?
A lot of you reminded me about immigration, and I have to acknowledge this too. The “open border” line on Joe Biden is a false narrative. Let me lay out what actually happened.
When Donald Trump first took office in 2017, he inherited border numbers at historic lows. Southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2017 came in at 303,916, the lowest fiscal-year total since 1971. That is the record Barack Obama handed him. There was no crisis waiting on his desk.
Why were the numbers that low? Because for years the U.S. had invested in Mexico and Central America. Trade agreements, development aid, and regional stability programs kept people rooted at home. When you renegotiate trade, cut aid to the Northern Triangle, and pull back on regional partnerships the way the Trump administration did, you create the very unrest that pushes people north.
Then came COVID. A global pandemic collapsed economies across Latin America, deepened poverty, and pushed more people to look toward the United States as the only place they could survive and support their families.
That is the situation Joe Biden walked into. Not an open border. A regional pressure cooker.
And here is what most people miss. Joe Biden backed the toughest bipartisan border security bill Congress had seen in a generation. Senators James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, Kyrsten Sinema, and Chris Murphy negotiated it for months. It included more Border Patrol agents, more asylum officers, faster asylum decisions, more immigration judges to clear the backlog, and new authority to shut down the border when crossings spiked. The Border Patrol union endorsed it.
Donald Trump killed it. He personally lobbied Republicans to vote it down because he wanted to run on the border, not fix it. Mike Johnson declared it dead on arrival in the House before it was even fully read. Senate Republicans then filibustered it 43 to 50.
That bill was more conservative than what Jeb Bush ran on. More conservative than what Marco Rubio helped write in the Gang of Eight. More conservative than what John McCain championed with Ted Kennedy. More conservative than what George W. Bush pushed. Ronald Reagan signed a real immigration reform bill in 1986. Compassionate conservatism used to actually mean something on this issue. Joe Biden was ready to sign a Republican-negotiated bill, and Donald Trump would not let his own party pass it.
Now let’s talk about the 20 million number. It is fabricated. There is no honest data behind it. The Center for Migration Studies estimates about 10.9 million undocumented people live in the United States, total, accumulated over decades. Trump has claimed 15, 18, 20, even 25 million. Fact-checkers have called those numbers vastly inflated.
So here is the honest scoreboard.
Obama handed Trump a border at historic lows.
Trump inherited that peace and then made regional conditions worse.
COVID pushed the pressure higher.
Biden took office in that reality and backed the strongest bipartisan border deal in a generation.
Trump killed it because he wanted the problem, not the solution.
Joe Biden tried to fix it. Donald Trump refused to let him. That is the truth of the record.
Thank you to everyone in the comments who kept me honest and reminded me to say it.
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