“Experience Matters”

From For Voting Rights Advocates, a ‘Once in a Generation Moment’ Looms:

“You’re president of the United States. You need to do more than hope that it passes,” said [the Executive Director of the Black Lives Matter Fund] of Mr. Biden. “He needs to use everything he’s learned over 47 years in Washington, D.C., to get [HR 1] passed.”

President Biden’s campaign against his younger, fresher-faced Democratic primary opponents in 2019 and 2020 focused on his vast experience in Washington D.C. He claimed that this experience, particularly working across the aisle with his Republican colleagues in the Senate, would allow him to push through a Democratic agenda more successfully than his opponents. 

He didn’t seem willing to use that experience on behalf of the millions of Americans who work for minimum wage. But he has no excuse for not using it to work on behalf of every voting-age American. This bill doesn’t help “a party.” It helps everyone. He needs to fight.