President Joe Biden defended his record on his campaign promises Wednesday, despite high inflation and a lack of progress for his Build Back Better plan, as well as other legislative setbacks. “I didn’t overpromise,” Biden said during a press conference that came at the one-year mark of his presidency. “I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen.” Biden also hit Republicans over what he said was obstruction by them, saying he didn’t anticipate there would be such a “stalwart effort” by the GOP to prevent him from getting anything done. “Name me one thing they’re for,” he said.
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