Dylan Scott

That's going to make you sort of weaker and less effective. But I think a lot of it also has to do with his position within the party. If you go back to the 2020 primary, it was not as though Joe Biden won a sweeping mandate that showed he was much more popular than everyone else running against him.

That's going to make you sort of weaker and less effective. But I think a lot of it also has to do with his position within the party. If you go back to the 2020 primary, it was not as though Joe Biden won a sweeping mandate that showed he was much more popular than everyone else running against him.

I think that left him sort of owing a lot of people a lot of favors and who had to manage a lot of different factions. And I think that that put him in less of a good position to make difficult decisions and expect people to follow him.

I think that left him sort of owing a lot of people a lot of favors and who had to manage a lot of different factions. And I think that that put him in less of a good position to make difficult decisions and expect people to follow him.

I think that left him sort of owing a lot of people a lot of favors and who had to manage a lot of different factions. And I think that that put him in less of a good position to make difficult decisions and expect people to follow him.

So let's, in our heads, go back to January 2021. Vaccine distribution.

So let's, in our heads, go back to January 2021. Vaccine distribution.

So let's, in our heads, go back to January 2021. Vaccine distribution.

Things are maybe starting to open up, but they kind of shouldn't. People are largely locked down, offices are not reopened. The American Rescue Plan was Biden's sort of stimulus package for that moment. And it was a mix of a lot of different things.

Things are maybe starting to open up, but they kind of shouldn't. People are largely locked down, offices are not reopened. The American Rescue Plan was Biden's sort of stimulus package for that moment. And it was a mix of a lot of different things.

Things are maybe starting to open up, but they kind of shouldn't. People are largely locked down, offices are not reopened. The American Rescue Plan was Biden's sort of stimulus package for that moment. And it was a mix of a lot of different things.

But there was a lot of other parts, too. They gave a lot of money to states to spend as they saw fit. There was a lot of funding for programs like food stamps, Medicaid. There was also an expansion of the child tax credit, which did a lot to cut poverty that year.

But there was a lot of other parts, too. They gave a lot of money to states to spend as they saw fit. There was a lot of funding for programs like food stamps, Medicaid. There was also an expansion of the child tax credit, which did a lot to cut poverty that year.

But there was a lot of other parts, too. They gave a lot of money to states to spend as they saw fit. There was a lot of funding for programs like food stamps, Medicaid. There was also an expansion of the child tax credit, which did a lot to cut poverty that year.

It was a very, very big package. It was about $1.9 trillion.

It was a very, very big package. It was about $1.9 trillion.

It was a very, very big package. It was about $1.9 trillion.

So Biden's line was, this is what we need to emerge from this catastrophe. It was very much like, we're in an emergency. Yes, this is a massive bill, but we need a massive bill to get out of this. I want to be clear that I was saying that in the moment. A lot of people were saying that in the moment. But there were people at the time who were saying, maybe this is too big.

So Biden's line was, this is what we need to emerge from this catastrophe. It was very much like, we're in an emergency. Yes, this is a massive bill, but we need a massive bill to get out of this. I want to be clear that I was saying that in the moment. A lot of people were saying that in the moment. But there were people at the time who were saying, maybe this is too big.

So Biden's line was, this is what we need to emerge from this catastrophe. It was very much like, we're in an emergency. Yes, this is a massive bill, but we need a massive bill to get out of this. I want to be clear that I was saying that in the moment. A lot of people were saying that in the moment. But there were people at the time who were saying, maybe this is too big.