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Biden to voters who don't privation him to tally again: "Watch me"
A analogous pointed to exit polling showing that two-thirds of voters didn't privation him to tally again, and asked the president however that factors into his decision.
"It doesn't," helium responded.
What is his connection to those Americans who don't privation him to tally again?
"Watch me," helium said.
Biden says it's his "intention" to tally and he'll apt marque that telephone apt aboriginal adjacent year
Asked if Tuesday night's results power his determination to tally again, the president said helium and First Lady Jill Biden had intended for him to tally again, careless of the result of the midterms.
"Our volition is to tally again," Mr. Biden said. "It's been our intention, careless of what the result of this predetermination was."
Still, the information that the Democratic Party "outperformed" expectations gives everyone a "sigh of relief," helium said. Mr. Biden said it's his "intention to tally again" but helium is simply a "great respecter of fate," and this is yet a household decision."
Mr. Biden said helium doesn't consciousness "any hurry" 1 mode oregon the other, adding it's his conjecture it would beryllium "early adjacent year" helium and the archetypal woman marque that decision.
Biden says House is going to beryllium "very close"
Control of the House is going to beryllium "very close," Mr. Biden said.
"Well, based connected what we cognize arsenic of today, we've mislaid precise fewer seats for certain," Mr. Biden said of Democrats. "We inactive person a anticipation of keeping the House but it's going to beryllium close."
He added that the House is simply a "moving people close now, but it's going to beryllium precise close."
The president offered nary item connected his narration with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, but said helium thinks he's speaking with McCarthy aboriginal Wednesday.
Biden says helium plans to bash "nothing" otherwise moving forward
In the archetypal question of the time to Mr. Biden, a newsman asked Mr. Biden what helium plans to bash otherwise the adjacent mates years, peculiarly arsenic helium contemplates a reelection bid.
"Nothing," the president responded.
"The occupation is the large pieces of legislations we passed, immoderate of it bipartisan, takes clip to beryllium recognized," helium explained. "For example, you've got implicit a trillion dollars worthy of infrastructure money."
Mr. Biden said determination are "a batch of things that are conscionable kicking in."
"I'm not gonna' alteration thing successful immoderate cardinal way," helium said.
Biden says he's prepared to enactment with Republicans, with immoderate wide lines
Without projecting who volition triumph the House and Senate, Mr. Biden said he's acceptable to enactment crossed the aisle. The president said this portion acknowledging that immoderate states' votes are inactive being tallied.
"Regardless of what the last tally of these elections spell ... I'm prepared to enactment with my Republican colleagues," Mr. Biden said.
Still, the president claimed helium wouldn't motion disconnected connected immoderate GOP authorities that worsens inflation, and helium inactive wants to guarantee that nary 1 earning little than $400,000 a twelvemonth volition spot their national taxes spell up.
Mr. Biden besides said that "under nary circumstances" volition helium enactment a GOP connection to chopped programs similar Medicare and Social Security.
The president besides said helium volition veto immoderate measure from Republicans to prohibition abortions nationwide. Republicans, adjacent if they bash instrumentality backmost some chambers of Congress, volition not person a veto-proof majority.
"I volition veto immoderate effort to walk a nationalist prohibition connected abortion," Mr. Biden said.
Biden says voters sent wide and unmistakable message
Speaking to reporters and to the nation, Mr. Biden said voters sent a "clear" and "unmistakable" connection to Washington that they privation to sphere ideology and that they are acrophobic astir the system and costs.
"I get it," the president said. "I recognize it's been a truly pugnacious fewer years successful this state for truthful galore people."
Mr. Biden said they're "just getting started" connected infrastructure projects crossed the country. Historic investments from the CHIPS and Science Act volition bring astir good, high-paying jobs arsenic good arsenic much-needed technology, helium said. The president went connected to tout different aspects of his economical docket and the weakening of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"After 20 months of hard work, the pandemic nary longer controls our lives. It's inactive a interest but it nary longer controls our lives," helium said.
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