Some Democrats stay hopeful astatine their party's constrictive anticipation of holding the House — an result that was astir unthinkable conscionable a week ago. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
President Joe Biden connected Monday formed uncertainty connected Democrats’ chances of winning the still-uncalled contention for the House majority.
“I deliberation we’re going to get precise adjacent successful the House. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium precise close, but I don’t deliberation we’re going to marque it,” Biden told reporters pursuing his remarks successful Indonesia, wherever helium is attending the G-20 acme this week.
Republicans, predicted by galore up of past week’s midterms to easy unafraid a House majority, proceed to clasp the wrong way for power of the enclosure successful the adjacent Congress, though much than a twelve adjacent races are inactive uncalled. Still, immoderate Democrats remain hopeful astatine their party’s constrictive anticipation of holding the House — an result that was astir unthinkable conscionable a week agone — particularly arsenic they thrust the precocious of clinching the Senate bulk implicit the weekend.
Democrats successful the midterms mostly over-performed some humanities precedent and galore forecasts, fending disconnected what Republicans predicted would beryllium a reddish question successful House races crossed the country. Should Republicans triumph the House, they’re apt to execute a overmuch slimmer bulk than primitively expected.
The president’s look of uncertainty astir his party’s chances successful the House came successful effect to a newsman question astir what Americans could expect from Congress connected termination rights. Biden said helium does not deliberation “they tin expect overmuch of thing different than we’re going to support our positions,” and that determination apt volition not beryllium capable votes to codify Roe v. Wade.
“I don’t deliberation there’s capable votes to codify unless thing happens antithetic successful the House,” Biden said.
The better-than-expected midterm results for Democrats person fixed Biden immoderate momentum arsenic helium meets with overseas leaders astatine the G-20 summit, saying successful his remarks Monday that “it’s been wide conscionable however intimately the satellite and our allies and our competitors arsenic good person been pursuing our elections astatine home.” He said the “strong rejection of predetermination deniers” arsenic good arsenic governmental unit and elector intimidation successful the midterms proved that “democracy is who we are.”
“What these elections showed is that determination is simply a heavy and unwavering committedness successful America to preserving and protecting and defending democracy,” Biden said.
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