{"id":73151,"date":"2021-11-04T20:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73151"},"modified":"2021-11-04T20:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:12:41","slug":"biden-rejects-blame-for-shock-virginia-election-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73151","title":{"rendered":"Biden rejects blame for shock Virginia election defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> Joe Biden has rejected suggestions that his Democratic party's shock loss in the Virginia governor's race was a verdict on his presidency.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden argued that the miring of his legislative agenda in a Capitol Hill logjam did not sway the outcome.<\/p>\n

He cited “Trump voters”, schools, jobs and petrol prices as other reasons for the surprise defeat of Terry McAuliffe.<\/p>\n

Republican Glenn Youngkin, a political newcomer, came from behind to win the Virginia governor's race on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the New Jersey governor's race went down to a nail-biting dead heat between the Democratic incumbent, Phil Murphy, and a little-known Republican challenger, Jack Ciattarelli.<\/p>\n

US media have projected Mr Murphy will win that race, though his opponent has not yet conceded.<\/p>\n

At the White House on Wednesday, Mr Biden was asked whether he accepted any blame for Tuesday's political earthquake in Virginia.<\/p>\n

He said voters are “upset and uncertain about a lot of things”, including the pandemic, education, the economy and the price of petrol.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden conceded Democrats should have passed his signature $1.75tn (\u00a31.3tn) package of social and climate programmes and a $1tn infrastructure bill before Tuesday's vote.<\/article>\n

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He added: “But I'm not sure I would be able to have changed the number of very conservative folks who turned out in the red districts who were Trump voters.”<\/p>\n

Mr Biden took several questions from reporters after making comments to promote coronavirus vaccines as American children aged 5 to 11 became eligible for the shots.<\/p>\n

The president encouraged parents to get their young jabbed to “help us keep our schools open”.<\/p>\n

Rising inflation, a slow economic recovery, a historic immigration crisis at the southern US border, and a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan have also hit Mr Biden's approval rating.<\/p>\n

He is one of the most unpopular presidents ever at this point during a first term, according to opinion polls.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Joe Biden has rejected suggestions that his Democratic party’s shock loss in the Virginia governor’s race was a verdict on his presidency. Mr Biden argued that the miring of his legislative agenda in a Capitol Hill logjam did not sway the outcome. He cited “Trump voters”, schools, jobs and petrol prices as other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n