President Joe Biden has taken a number of actions as of late to reassure progressive voters of his agenda ahead of a likely reelection campaign announcement next week.
The president failed to deliver on a number of issues critical to the progressive platform during his first two years in office, ranging from advancing voting rights to codifying federal abortion access, and has even earned liberal ire with his flip-flops on COVID-era immigration policy and attempts to boost domestic oil production in the face of historically elevated gas prices following the war in Ukraine.
On Thursday, Biden virtually convened the leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy for the fourth time as president to further discuss ways to decarbonize energy, end deforestation in the Amazon and other critical forests, reduce all climate pollutants, and advance carbon capture technology. Pressed by the Washington Examiner on the president's recent slate of left-leaning executive actions, senior Democratic officials say that Biden is simply"making good" on his campaign promises.
Despite his recent executive orders, Biden is unlikely to make headway on a topic that is gaining more traction in progressive circles and beyond: gun violence. The Associated Press published a poll Friday showing how Democrats are split on the idea of four more years of Biden. A majority of Democrats said they wanted someone other than Biden to seek the presidency in 2024, though 81% of the party said they would support him in the general election if he was the nominee.
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