Biden / Joe / President

It’s abundantly clear: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ignored the advice from the military and mislead the American people. Biden’s botched Afghan withdrawal could have been prevented and American lives could have been saved.

Michelle and I had fun surprising some of the hardworking women from the Chicago Women of Trades. We’re grateful for the work they're doing — not only to build the Obama Presidential Center, but also to make it easier for more people to follow their example.

Just as he's done on everything from immigration to evictions, Joe Biden simply refuses to follow the law on #NordStream2 . He is in open defiance of several sanctions laws, and outright violating others - all to green light Putin's pipeline.

@SenTomCotton : "Why haven't you resigned?" Gen. Milley: "It would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken." He also says, "My dad didn't get a choice to resign at Iwo Jima."

The consequences of default are catastrophic. We could see 6 million jobs lost, 9% unemployment, and $15 trillion in household wealth wiped out. To my Republican colleagues:  it’s time to come to your senses.

“If the White House thinks these programs are worth the cost, it could make that case. Instead the political situation is apparently so desperate that it’s resorting to deception that is transparently ludicrous.”

@federalreserve  Chair Powell has taken too many actions to weaken the Fed's oversight of our largest banks & deregulate Wall Street. I told Chair Powell today that renominating him for another term is not a risk worth taking and that’s why I’ll oppose his renomination.

Gen. Milley's full response when Sen. Tom Cotton asked why he didn't resign over Afghanistan withdrawal:

At this point, the functional definition of "anti-vax" is the same as "grifter," "white supremacist," "contrarian," "misogynist," etc.: one who questions or defies liberal orthodoxy. That's how it can apply to those who advocate vaccines. These are not so much words as weapons.

Gen. Milley on the Afghanistan evacuation mission: "It was a logistical success but a strategic failure." Wow.