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Progressive Democrats are frustrated by the way President Biden is handling his lame-duck era, with President-elect Donald Trump dominating the news cycle with Cabinet nominations and meetings with world leaders.
Biden has remained relatively quiet in the weeks since Trump won re-election and has allowed Trump to steal the show at several notable events. Biden sent his wife, first lady Jill Biden, to attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, giving Trump a chance to greet French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of the cameras .
“This is one of the lamest ducks we’ve seen with a Democratic administration. A massive missed opportunity,” Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for the progressive group Democrats for Justice, told the Wall Street Journal.
Democrats also feel that Biden and the White House have not been critical enough of Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Trump has already withdrawn one candidate, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Republicans of Florida and Pete HegsethTrump’s nominee for secretary of defense and former Fox News anchor has also drawn criticism.
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President Biden wears a “Trump 2024” ball cap. (X screenshot)
“We should be less obstructed and more encouraged. We should be vocal, pushing back against these candidates who are nothing more than a disaster in the making,” Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told the Journal.
“Most voters don’t know Kash Patel or even who Matt Gaetz or Tulsi Gabbard are,” said Waleed Shahid, a progressive Democratic strategist. “But many more Americans would know if President Biden talked about them… The only way to win the attention war is to go to the voters and tell them things, which President Biden has consistently avoided.”
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands as he welcomes President-elect Donald Trump before a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (Mustafa Yalcin)
However, the White House pushed back on the criticism, arguing that Biden has been busy traveling abroad.
“President Biden is making every day of this term count as he accelerates implementation of an unprecedented agenda that will benefit hardworking Americans for generations,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates told the Journal.
Top Democratic governors have been far more critical of the incoming administration. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared an effort to “Trump-proof” California last month. Part of that plan includes spending $25 million on potential legal battles with the Trump administration.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to “Trump-proof” California before President-elect Donald Trump can take office.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also said he is ready to “fight like hell” against the Trump administration, but acknowledged the need to have a working relationship with the White House.
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“If your values are under attack, or if you have communities or people who are under attack who don’t deserve it, you have to fight like hell,” Murphy said. “And then here, you have to have a relationship with the guy.”
