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Today in Focus

Do the Democrats have a Biden problem?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The approval ratings of the US president are at a record low. Washington DC bureau chief David Smith considers whether Joe Biden will stand for re-election in 2024. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:09.3

Today, Joe Biden won the 2020 election

0:12.4

with the most votes of any president ever.

0:14.4

Nearly two years on, why does so many Americans want him gone?

0:29.6

They were armed and wondering the capital building.

0:32.8

After one of the most chaotic periods in modern American history,

0:36.8

there were tense and violent scenes with police

0:39.2

who have never dealt with anything like this.

0:42.4

Joe Biden was meant to be a return to normal.

0:54.4

A president who was competent took the job seriously,

0:58.0

had integrity and knew how to get things done.

1:01.2

This is America's day.

1:04.0

This is democracy's day.

1:07.2

The day of history and hope, every no, every's all.

1:12.4

But more than two years since he came to office,

1:15.2

the US is reeling from one crisis to the next.

1:18.4

It is a weekend of weather extremes.

1:20.8

More than 100 million Americans are impacted

1:23.6

in much of the lower 48 states.

1:25.6

By one estimate, the typical American household is now spending

1:28.8

nearly $500 more every month on the same goods and services.

1:34.0

It means America's going back to the Middle Ages.

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