Presidency of Joe Biden

Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Biden, a Democrat from Delaware who previously served as Vice President under Barack Obama, took office following his victory in the 2020 presidential election over Donald Trump. He was inaugurated alongside Kamala Harris, the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American vice president. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, and increased political polarization.

Quotes
Quotes are in chronological order:

2020

 * With today’s decision by Judge Matthew Brann, a longtime conservative Republican whom I know to be a fair and unbiased jurist, to dismiss the Trump campaign’s lawsuit, President Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania
 * U.S. Senator Pat Toomey in Release: Toomey Statement on PA Federal Court Decision, Congratulates President-elect Biden dated November 21, 2020


 * I'm a fan of good process. In my comments three days after the election, I was trying to be a voice of reason and express why it's in the national interest to have all Americans believe the election is being resolved correctly. But the outcome is very certain today, and the country should move on.
 * I supported President Trump and the strong economic path he built. Like many in the business community, I am ready to help President-elect Biden and his team as they confront the significant challenges of rebuilding our post-COVID economy.
 * Steve Schwarzman in Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says Trump lost published November 23, 2020


 * I hope my message is loud and clear: America is back. And America is ready to lead
 * Joe Biden according to Joe Biden announces cabinet picks as Trump and Republicans continue coup effort Published November 23, 2020


 * We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris
 * Foreign ministry spokesman for China in China’s president Xi Jinping finally congratulates Joe Biden on election win publshed November 25, 2020


 * The Electoral College has spoken, this morning, our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect.
 * Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell according to McConnell recognizes Biden as president-elect 6 weeks after election + video December 15, 2020


 * I don't want to get ahead of the line. But I want to make sure that we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take.
 * President-Elect Joe Biden in Biden, Pence to get Covid vaccine soon December 16, 2020


 * Yes he will, [be the next president of the United States]
 * John Barrasso, GOP senator, according to GOP Senator Says He Accepts Election Results After Chris Wallace Presses Him for Saying ‘Who Won?’ Was a ‘Gotcha Question’ Posted December 20, 2020


 * It is the day after Christmas, and millions of families don’t know if they’ll be able to make ends meet because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign an economic relief bill approved by Congress with an overwhelming and bipartisan majority
 * Joe Biden in President-elect Biden to Trump: COVID relief bill 'needs to be signed into law now' posted December 26, 2020

2021

 * Well, I'm looking very, very closely at it [certifying the Electoral College votes], and I've been one of the first to say, everything is on the table. I'm fighting for this president because he's fought for us. He's our president and we are going to keep making sure that this is a fair election and I'm looking very closely at it. But again, none of it matters if I can't win on January 5th.
 * Kelly Loeffler according to Sen. Loeffler: Warnock’s values are ‘out of step with Georgia aired January 3, 2021


 * We're taking the extremist threats very seriously. And we're vetting all of our soldiers. We're going to continue to look at the entire army as a whole and how we can ensure that these threats are not in our formation. And if they are, we'll find them and we'll get rid of them
 * Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy according to 12 Army National Guard members removed from inauguration duty January 19, 2021

2023

 * The Biden administration at the beginning of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war gave full support, full throttle support for the Netanyahu government, what they’re doing, and now they’re trying to rein it in. In a way, they enabled a monster and they can’t pull them back.
 * Ahmed Bedier in "US raises criticism of Israel ahead of UNSC ceasefire meeting" Al Jazeera, 8 December 2023

2024

 * This weekend, Congress sees another 100-day anniversary go by—this one dating from when President Joe Biden requested $106 billion in emergency defense aid for Israel and Ukraine, as well as additional funding for border enforcement. For those 100 days, Congress has refused to act on Biden’s request. The main obstacle is the House of Representatives, and within the House, the pro-Trump MAGA caucus that toppled the previous speaker, Kevin McCarthy. The MAGA caucus then vetoed McCarthy’s most eligible successors, eventually bringing the ultra-Trumpist Johnson to his high office, which is second only to the vice president in the presidential succession.
 * David Frum, GOP’s Great Betrayal, The Atlantic, 28 January 2024


 * The Biden record on national-security policy gives plenty of basis for criticism. A normal opposition party would have been investigating why the administration was caught so unprepared by the collapse of the Afghan military in 2021. U.S. military assistance to Kyiv was dangerously stingy in the year before Russia’s invasion in February 2022, as Adrian Karatnycky’s forthcoming history of contemporary Ukraine details. Since the invasion, the Biden administration has hesitated on many occasions to provide potentially decisive weapons for fear of aggravating Moscow. When the White House eventually got over those qualms, the fears were each time exposed as groundless. Yet the lesson was never learned for the next round. And now, in the Red Sea, the Biden administration has so far refrained from decisive action to deter the attacks on international shipping by Iran’s Houthi proxies in Yemen. Some Republicans—those still willing to act as members of a normal opposition party—have indeed criticized the Biden administration for being too tardy or too timid against this threat or that. In October, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, rightly accused the president of “prolonging” the war in Ukraine by offering only half measures.
 * David Frum, GOP’s Great Betrayal, The Atlantic, 28 January 2024


 * It’s a valid complaint that Biden failed to send all he could, when he could. But why is the complaint valid? Because the background political reality is that Donald Trump is an enemy of Ukraine and an admirer of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. As Trump has neared renomination, his party—especially in the House of Representatives—has surrendered to his pro-Putin pressure. Biden overestimated the time available to keep aid flowing to Ukraine because he underestimated the servility of House Republicans to Trump’s anti-Ukraine animus. At the same time, the GOP’s presumptive nominee has reportedly been pressuring Senate Republicans to reject a deal on the spending package, because candidate Trump does not want Biden awarded any win, particularly one that involves enhancing border security, in this election year. So vital aid to Israel and Ukraine must be delayed and put in further doubt because of a rejected president’s spite and his party’s calculation of electoral advantage.
 * David Frum, GOP’s Great Betrayal, The Atlantic, 28 January 2024


 * The true outcome of the fiasco in Congress will be the collapse of U.S. credibility all over the world. American allies will seek protection from more trustworthy partners, and America itself will be isolated and weakened. The 100 days of shame that have already passed are a prelude to worse disasters to come. The House Republicans have a majority of only six (219 to 213). On that slim margin hangs the good name of the United States and the security of countries that have been able to trust American promises for decades. All the candles in the world will not compensate for the betrayal under way.
 * David Frum, GOP’s Great Betrayal, The Atlantic, 28 January 2024