Left says theyre not to blame for Bidens problems

Left says they're not to blame for Biden's problems<br />(Republished from TheHill.com)<br /><br /><a href="https://gorightnews.com/left-says-theyre-not-to-blame-for-bidens-problems/" rel="noopener">https://gorightnews.com/left-says-theyre-not-to-blame-for-bidens-problems/</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/left-says-theyre-not-to-blame-for-bidens" rel="noopener">https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/left-says-theyre-not-to-blame-for-bidens</a><br /><br />Progressives are pushing back at the idea that they are to blame at all for President Biden’s dismal poll numbers, arguing the White House’s problems have more to do with it moving away from a progressive agenda. <br /><br />They argue the anemic polls largely reflect an unimpressed base disillusioned that Biden has been unwilling to deliver on issues such as voting rights, health care, gun control and climate change. <br /><br />“Biden’s popularity was high when he ran on a progressive agenda — and it dropped when he let corporate Democrats take the reins,” said Varshini Prakash, executive director of the Sunrise Movement. “It shouldn’t be a surprise that voters are becoming impatient.” <br /><br />A Pew Research Center survey released found Biden with just a 41 percent approval rating, down from 59 percent in April. <br /><br />Among Black adults, a key constituency for Biden, just 60 percent approved of Biden’s job performance, down from 67 percent in September. <br /><br />The bad poll numbers come after voting rights legislation failed to move forward in the Senate despite Biden’s urgings. It faltered because of opposition from Republicans, and because two centrist Democrats — Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — opposed a carveout from the filibuster to move the voting rights legislation on Democratic senator votes alone. <br /><br />Those two centrists have also been major impediments to Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, which includes a host of progressive priorities including an extension of a child