Then-candidate Joe Biden promised to “restore the soul of America” in 2020, in part by focusing on the country’s standing in the world, fighting for “democracy,” and preserving America’s promise of prosperity.
Yet President Biden arguably worsened America’s divisions and harmed each of the areas he promised to restore.
Biden’s 2020 Promise
What, exactly, did President Biden promise?
“The core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America America is at stake,” Biden declared in a 2020 video. He described America as an idea that “gives hope to the most desperate people on earth.” He said it “guarantees that everyone is treated with dignity and gives hate no safe harbor.”
“It instills in every person in this country the belief that no matter where you start in life, there’s…