This week, President Joe Biden formally launched his 2024 reelection campaign. He did so with a three-minute video in which he did not appear on camera speaking for more than two seconds at a time; the highly produced video instead utilizes audio of Biden over fast cuts of Normal Americans doing “Normal Things”. Biden’s message is simple: “Finish the Job.”
But what, precisely, is the job? Biden’s first term record is abysmal: a 40-year inflation high, now baked into the price structure; systemic weakness in the banking system, brought about by the necessity of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates; an out-of-control debt problem that will only appreciate over time; a collapsing Middle East in which a serious war is now the most likely outcome; an emboldened China casting its eyes upon Taiwan; a Europe unsure about American leadership despite the war in Ukraine; an Afghanistan turned over to eighth-century barbarians, with hundreds of Americans still behind enemy lines and 13 American service members murdered; and a social fabric frayed beyond recognition by the insistence on racial “equity” and the false malleability of sex itself, especially for children.
Biden’s record is one of the worst for any first-term president. His “Finish the Job” slogan sounds more like a threat by a movie villain than a guarantee of future prosperity.
Joe Biden has nothing to run on.
Nothing except former President Donald Trump.
His announcement contains zero actual accomplishments of his first term. Instead, his entire campaign will be rooted in the same message as his first campaign, and the Democrats’ 2022 campaign: Vote against Republicans – and by Republicans, they mean Trump – or democracy will be imperiled. “That’s been the work of our first term,” Biden intones. “To fight for our democracy…But, you know, around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on these bedrock freedoms.” By MAGA extremists, of course, Biden doesn’t just mean people who attempted to prevent certification of the 2020 election. He means anyone who opposes his agenda. “When I ran for president four years ago,” Biden mumbles, “I said we were in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are.”
This campaign strategy rests almost entirely on Republicans nominating Trump. In 2022, this message resonated only in areas that nominated Trump-lite candidates, from Georgia to Pennsylvania to New Hampshire. In New York and Florida, where Republicans ran more traditional Republican candidates, Democrats lost seats. Gov. Brian Kemp, who did not bow to Trump’s pressure in Georgia, won reelection handily; so did Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida, who ran on his record of accomplishment and freedom in the state. Democrats’ “Democracy Dies in Darkness” sloganeering only carries weight when Republicans allow it to do so.
Will Republicans hand the 2024 election to Biden? They very well could. Right now, Trump leads in the Republican primaries, despite attacking his nearest rival, DeSantis, almost entirely from the Left: bashing DeSantis’ record on COVID-19, slamming entitlement reform, criticizing DeSantis’ battle against Disney’s corporate social engineering. Trump has been unfairly targeted by political opponents to be sure – Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump over a 2016 payoff to former porn star Stormy Daniels is a legal joke. But that doesn’t mean that Republicans are likely to benefit from a campaign revolving around Trump’s legal troubles and his persistent focus on the supposedly “stolen” 2020 election. In fact, Trump has yet to answer the most basic question he himself has raised about his electability: If, as he states, the 2020 election was stolen through voter fraud and falsification, how does he plan to overcome that problem in the 2024 election?
The polls show a consistent pattern: If Trump is the Republican candidate, Biden is more likely to win. It is difficult to imagine millions of Americans switching their 2020 votes in precisely the opposite direction. Indeed, polls currently show Biden beating Trump by an average of 3.1%, while losing to DeSantis by a slim margin. Trump currently trails Biden – a president with an approval rating in the low 40s – in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Joe Biden wants Trump. His entire campaign is built around Trump. Perhaps, like Hillary Clinton, he’ll get more than he bargained for. But Republicans don’t need to take that gamble. And they’re clearly running a higher risk of a Biden second term if they do.
Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.”
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yeah he’ll finish the job alright of making this country as low as it could possibly go. get rid of this dope please
neither at this point – the reason being is I am a female and it’s offensive to have a fake “woman” on the can.
Ben hates Trump and has from the beginning. Ben’s bias hurt Trump then, and it’s still hurting him. I hate hearing Trump attack solid GOP members, but, other than rushing a “vaccine” and being duped by traitorous advisors into giving Big Pharma immunity from prosecution for a their deadly shots, Trump did a fantastic job. He should have fired them all and stuck to hydroxychloroquine, Vitamin D3, Zinc, etc. He was very much against lockdowns, but socialist Democrat governors and communist/fascist Deep State operatives unconstitutionally forced them.
Both are sewer water
I haven’t had a beer in 20 years until now. I just drank one of each. Both were excellent.
… the CIA people love Bejing-Biden. They have the goods on him. He can be leveraged. Old Joe has to do everything they tell him to do. Or, else –
Finish the job ? He has 2 years to finish it. Is this a 6 year job or 8 or 15 year job.
We will be a Chi-com colony, like Tiawan, in 5 years
He wants to finish the job of converting the USA into socialism, he’s selling us to china.
Biden want to finish his job of converting the USA to socialism, and sell this country to the Chinese .
Yes, he’ll finish the job alright???? America will be no more????
He has been bozo the clown for two years. Two years more of the zoo will be bad enough. Four more will be intolerable. He says it doesn’t have to be a revolution, but he has been the most decisive president yet. I am afraid revolution will be the only thing left. That is unless Revelation comes first.
The only thing left to do is Nuke us. He’s done everything else tp destroy the nation.
People do not realize, we already lost. We are no longer America but a destroyed country. Most of our politician are compromised and being black mailed. Our FBI, CIA and DOJ are corrupt and not working for the best interest of our country but the Kabul in control. Biden has been an idiot for 50 years and on the wrong side of foreign affairs the entire time, now he is bought and paid for by China and should be tried for treason. But since we have lost, nothing will ever happen to any of these people. Most of America has their head in the sand and are sheeple.
His army of useful idiots relish the gaslighting. They thrive on it.
The idiots pulling Joe’s strings should let him say he is running. I am sure he would be surprised that he is…
As painful as it is to realize that people will actually vote to keep this person in office, it is more painful that the opposing Party has offered nothing to get people fired up over. They are feckless, cowardly, ineffectual, and mere speed bumps for the Democrat Party to run over at will. Instead, they are in complete lockstep with much of the Democrat Party agenda.
The fact that he isn’t permitted to be extemporaneous and that the announcement was pre-recorded should tell the stupid average Democrat that something is seriously wrong. I think the people in 2024 are to prove themselves to be as STUPID as I surmise they are. I live in PA, where Fetterman was sent to the Senate, the new stroke recovery ward and a DEAD guy was elected to the state legislature.
I guess Biden wants to ‘finish the job’ by totally runing America! People, WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN!!!
Republicans need to ban together and agree on the hot topics. 1. Agree with our right to live together as equals, right for free speech, a right to make a honest living. 2 The right to own guns to protect ourselves and hunt. 3 The right to worship the one true God and all the other beliefs out there without being afraid we will be shot or persecuted. The right as parents to have a say on how their children are being educated. We have to get rid of WOKE, cancel culture. I don’t agree with killing the unborn or changing a child’s sex. We as a Nation are facing lunatics in DC as well as our States that have gone the lunatic way. We need to focus on getting Joe Biden and his puppet administration out of office.
Job may finish him off first A just reward it would be
God save us!
HOPE he FINISHES IT IN his COFFIN
ONLY ONE SURE AND PERMANENT WAY TO STOP THE CANCEROUS, ANTI-AMERICAN, LYING, CHEATING, libs AND IT’S NOT ELECTIONS………LOCK AND LOAD
Beijing biden’s threat to finish Destroying the United States is a Very Serious Threat. In just 2 years Beijing biden (Intentionally) has Destroyed the United States in more ways than any adversary in the world could ever do.
Therefore, Beijing biden is GUILTY of Espionage and Treason against the United States the day he Declared War on the United States on 1-20-21.
So why would YOU the AMERICAN CITIZENS allow such Espionage and Treason against OUR country when so much BLOOD (Your Relatives and Friends) has been spilt for OUR FREEDOMS?
The job Brandon wants to finish is total destruction of America. No more no less.
Good to see you back for my daily laugh. Keep them coming.
We all know that Obiden is not cognitively competent enough to know where he is let alone what he is saying. They give him drugs to be able to read what is written for him (and sometime he even fails at that). OB is running the show from behind the scenes through surrogates embedded in the oval office. When he answers any questions, they are pre selected and the answers are written for him and he has an earpiece also giving him words and instructions. DO WE REALLY WANT THIS GUY HOLDING THE NUCLEAR CODES?? Remember that OB promised to fundamentally transform America (into a socialist country), and then he promised he would have a 3rd term. This IS his 3rd term! It is OB’s job Biden is promising to finish. We are in deep trouble. Everyone should be praying.
Finish the job???? The fix is in . Basement time!!!
This is total bull crap. AMAC DO BETTER – stop using polls that the demoncrats configure up. Use actual polls that real people vote on. Trump is doing amazing in real polls and can and will win if the demoncrats don’t STEAL THE FREAKING ELECTION AGAIN. That’s the only reason Biden is running, because the demoncrats have a plan to steal the election again. That moron claiming to be President couldn’t win anything (HE HID IN A BASEMENT HIS WHOLE FIRST CAMPAIGN AND COULDN’T DRAW MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE TO HIS RALLIES.) Stop pushing this don’t vote for Trump bull!!!!! Trump’s troubles are more Demoncrat collusion/lies, and they will do it to any NON-RINO candidate. WAKE THE FREAK UP!!
Down with the Biden Family!
Down with the Biden Family!
the gop is doing everything it possibly can to reelect biden, trump is the weakest possible candidate and desantis isnt much better yet they are leading in every poll, most others in the gop would beat biden in a landslide but are being shut out of the process
The lions share of the problems Donald Trump faced were caused by telling the truth; basically, “the press” is little more than the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party and pointing out the gross corruption of the infrastructure of D.C.
Trump did win the 2020 election but the ballot boxes were stuffed with fake unverifiable ballots. Trump will beat Biden because now people have seen what Biden has done to America. I don’t trust polls.
Look at who wrote this article, Ben Shapiro who never liked Trump and still doesn’t. I’m not sure if he’s right or wrong but I do know Trump was amazing as a President for America. Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, I am sure 2024 would be a lot different.
Joe Biden’s “Work” is to finish the job his former boss B. H. Obama started, being the destruction of the United States of America. We already have 2 or more cultures; we have governors, AGs, and legislatures who openly defy the Constitution of the nation (and usually their state), and the rulings of SCOTUS. IF re-elected he certainly will “Finish the Job”. We must ensure he doesn’t.
I voted for Trump precisely to get Supreme Court justices that would actually rule on law, not social issues. I will not vote for him again and I know many other Republicans that feel the same way. If they insist on sticking with Trump, instead of almost ANYONE else, I will be changing my registration to Independent. The Republican party totally blew it the first two years when they had their majorities in both houses. I’m not sure I can still be a member of that party if they do it again. The Democrats have been pushing us toward socialism for decades and now they are set on ruining America.
Finish the job of destroying America for good.
Damn right to Ruin America right Joe
It is an embarrassment to the United States that we have to refer to Biden as President.
The marxist democrat party and corrupt joebama must go!
Don’t listen to the magpie media’s lies, EVERYTHING they’ve done is BAD for America!
Throw them out!
Trump’s track record was outstanding. He literally controlled the world and made it safer along with making America prosper. I think Ron DeSantis could do exactly the same and be “presidential”, which Trump seems to find impossible. Trump and DeSantis would probably be a winner, but I don’t think their egos could stand each other. I would prefer Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump.
Unfortunately, President Trump has too much negative baggage. Deserved or not, it will cripple his chances of a second term. Don’t get me wrong, I voted for Trump and he did a masterful job of bringing our country through the wreckage caused by 8 years of the Obama administration. His twitter rants, the false Russia collusion accusations, 2 attempted impeachments and the lawsuits have diminished his chances of being re-elected. Our country needs fresh, younger blood. Ron DeSantis, in my opinion, would be an ideal candidate. Biden needs to retire to the rest home for liars.
According to what I see he thought his job was to ruin the country. Seems to me, according to him he needs more time to work. Seems to me, that has worked already so we don’t need a 2nd term. We need someone to undo his mess.
I am glad you listened to the three minutes. He meant he will finish the job and get out of the basement. That’s how he will run his campaign and the 99 %rag Free Press will do the rest for him . If a challenger can’t get enough material and the American people haven’t had enough than like slick said elections have consequences. Stop getting a paycheck about whining about it ! Instead of listening to Uncle Joe for three minutes what happened to fiddleman the Senator from Pennsylvania ? I heard he was to sick to do the job . Did the people of Pennsylvania hold another election as their right or did the nutjobs appoint another nut to fill his spot ?? Isn’t your health still a top priority so you are fit for office or like Democrats they end up hauling them out of office with the undertaker .
Frankly, the announcement of a second Biden campaign is great news for conservatives. I doubt even Democrats are happy about this announcement. As the article states, he has nothing to run on other than continued decline and misery. God help us if he were to win a second term though. We will need a strong conservative candidate in order to win to overcome the Democrat’s natural tendency to cheat and steal an election. I strongly believe WWIII will begin before his second term ends. His apparent weakness galvanizes our opponents. Frankly, I strongly believe he may go down in history, if it’s ever able to be written, as the last American president. If I’m mistaken and WWIII miraculously doesn’t occur, then the United States of America will no longer resemble the America we once knew. It would become a promised land for leftists, criminals, and drug addicts, or as I prefer to call it, a nirvana land for leftists, socialists, and communists. Basically, a third-world wasteland no one will want to live in, which everyone will want to escape from.
A Republican candidate that ALL Republicans, Independents, and centrist Democrats can support is of paramount importance. Someone that everyone can respect like Ronald Reagan or someone equally gifted. Please forgive me, but that candidate is not Donald Trump. Most Americans are depressed, frightened, or have given up. The news today is so frightening that I’m miserable almost every day after seeing my beloved country withering on the vine. We need someone better than Donald that even he can support. That’s my dream and my hope.
Please understand, I respect and admire Donald Trump GREATLY. I voted for him not just in 2016, but also in 2020. During his presidency, he completed or tried to complete everything he promised during his campaign, which is VERY noteworthy. He improved the economy dramatically and put us on the road to energy independence. He greatly reduced illegal immigration and galvanized conservatives. He was making an honest effort to “Make America Great Again”. But, the man is a narcissist. (Look up the word for its definition if you don’t believe me.) He galvanizes the left and gave and continues to give the leftist media plenty of ammunition. If he had stayed out of Twitter and had been more careful with his manner and his choice of words, it would have been better. But, the fact remains, he lost the 2020 election even if he possibly lost it illegally. What’s to say it can’t happen again in 2024? Also, he is disliked by the RINO crowd. We’ll need both MAGA and RINO supporters, as well as Independents to win.
The choice is a future or no future at all worth living.
When did he start the job?
Geez Ben! The “supposedly stolen” 2020 election? Supposedly? You’re just another sheep. Every time anyone puts forth the smallest of effort in finding the truth about the 2020 election being stolen, they find it. THE PROOF IS THERE and media hacks like you refuse to see it.
“But what, precisely, is the job?”
“The job” is destroying the united states of america as founded and turning it into a totalitarian state for the benefit of the uber wealthy, like soros, to plunder in order to increase their wealth. In other words, transfer what the middle class has in to the coffers of the uber wealthy. No different that the mafia raiding the union pension fund or the government now looking for ways to raid the 401Ks, IRAs, etc of the middle class. They see it as “all that money just sitting there waiting to be raided”.
I alway wondered what obama meant when railing against “millionaires and billionaires” when, in one of his speeches he said, “HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH”?
If Joe is allowed to “finish the job”, I don’t think there will be an America left!! Joe and Democrats
have already done enough damage and some of it will be permanent!!! But if they are allowed to finish, with Joe having another 4 years to inflict damage, we will be a socialist country at the very least!!!