Biden's Pyrrhic victory: The “Trump train” passed through Congress
During the last elections, the US Democratic Party suffered several sensitive defeats, but its candidate won.
The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets.
The publication draws attention to the fact that in the Senate, Republicans are highly likely to maintain their advantage of 52 to 48.
“The Trump train also rolled through the House of Representatives.” The president's strong support helped a number of Republicans sensationally win races. It is unclear what the final result will be; most likely, the Democrats will have an advantage of 5-10 seats, which is negligible compared to the 34-seat head start they had. Passing laws even through this body will become more difficult, because it will only take a few congressmen (out of more than two hundred) to revolt for the initiative to fail.
De facto, Biden is tied hand and foot. We can already say for sure that the expansion of Obamacare will not pass. Biden's promised tax hikes are unlikely to be expected - the last time the Senate supported such an action was in 1993, when Democrats were in charge. And most importantly, the idea of expanding the Supreme Court has been completely destroyed,” the newspaper writes.
According to the author, Biden will have to seek compromises with the radical wing of his party and conservatives.
“With a high probability, this will not suit either one or the other. And this situation is very dangerous for the Democratic Party - after all, disappointment in the president will run into the traditionally high motivation of supporters, and could lead to defeat in the 2022 midterm elections and in 2024 in the presidential elections. If Biden agrees to them in principle.
Biden's current victory has brought Democrats more of a symbolic triumph than real benefit. But if President Biden does not emerge from the difficult conditions of constant compromises, the Republicans may take revenge at all levels. And then the likelihood of a complete triumph for the Republicans already arises, because the Democrats may not even have a controlled Supreme Court left to stop the conservative turn,” MK sums up.
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