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Joe Biden sent a year-end recap to congressional members that was reportedly obtained by Axios.
In the memo, Biden claims that Americans are in better circumstances now than they were in 2020.
The memo, which the White House titled “2021: POTUS Delivered Results for Working Families,” suggests Biden has delivered on his promises of high vaccination rates and reopened schools.
“Before President Biden took office: less than 1% of Americans were vaccinated,” the memo reads. “Today: More than 71% of American adults are fully vaccinated.”
“Before President Biden took office: less than 46% of schools were open. Today, 99% of schools are open,” the memo continued.
However, the document notably avoids the fact Americans are facing record-breaking 40-year high inflation, unprecedented high crime, high numbers of migrants crossing the southern border, the fractured supply chain, and omicron chaos.
Biden attempted to tap the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to lower gas prices ahead of the holiday season, but this has failed to work.
The Department of Energy confirmed the release of 50 million barrels of oil held in U.S. reserves, but a large portion has been approved for sale. Oil reserves released by Biden are “expected to primarily go to China and India,” Fox News reported.
The bigger problem is that the Biden administration has stopped the XL Keystone pipeline, stopped the flow of existing pipelines, and prevented drilling on federal lands. Appearing on Fox News, Trump said that gas was $1.87 a gallon when he was in office, but now the price of gas is “going through the roof.”
In California, gas prices have hit over $7 at some locations. The national average for gas under Biden was $3.31 in December. Gas prices have hit a 31-year high, according to USA Today. The national average for the same time last year when Trump was in office was $2.22.
In 12 major U.S. cities, all of which are Democrat-led, they have broke annual homicide records in 2021.
The year 2020 was already a historically bloody year with the wave of violent “Black Lives Matter” riots, but those records were shattered in 2021.
Rochester Police Department Capt. Frank explained, “The community has to get fed up.” There were 71 homicides in Rochester, which broke its 30-year-old homicide record.
“We’re extremely frustrated. It has to stop. I mean, it’s worse than a war zone around here lately,” he added. In addition to Rochester, there are 11 other cities including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Toledo, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Austin, Texas; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Tucson, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On the southern border, the immigration system has been fundamentally broken under Biden.
Under Trump, Americans saw the lowest rate of illegal immigration in over 40 years.
Under Biden, we have seen the highest rate of illegal immigration over 60 years.
Most notably, Biden ended Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which forced foreign nationals seeking to enter the U.S. through the southern border — illegally or without proper documentation — to be returned to Mexico.
These individuals needed to wait in Mexico while their legal cases are adjudicated.
Biden, on the other hand, opened the flood gates and created a disaster. By removing this policy, it signaled that everyone can come through the border even if it’s illegally and without proper documentation. This border security program under Trump and kept migrants in Mexico as they awaited their hearings.
