Central Montana Times

Senator Steve Daines criticized President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Senate Democrats for failing to fulfill their promises. In his remarks, Daines addressed various issues he attributes to the current administration's policies.

“So, I’ve heard about the ‘Borders Czar,’ I’ve heard about the ‘Broadband Czar,’ Kamala Harris is also the ‘Tie Breaking Czar,’ having broken more ties as Vice President in the U.S. Senate than any other Vice President our nation’s history, surpassing both John Calhoun and John Adams. And look at the wreckage left behind from these tie-breaking votes," said Daines.

Daines highlighted rising prices for groceries and housing, attributing them to Biden-Harris policies. He also mentioned concerns about border security: “The wide-open southern border has allowed terrorists and dangerous criminals into our communities.”

He criticized an EPA administrator under Biden-Harris for accusing Montanans of "cheating the system" regarding the Colstrip power plant: “The Biden-Harris EPA administrator accused the good people of Montana of ‘cheating the system,’ that’s their words, not mine, when it comes to our very own Colstrip power plant that provides badly needed baseload power to so many Montanans and Americans."

Daines expressed concerns over environmental policies affecting jobs: “Radical environmental policy, killing mining jobs, including 700 just recently in the last two weeks in Montana.” He also linked foreign policy decisions to global instability: “The Biden-Harris appeasement of Iran led to wars and instability abroad.”

Reflecting on their time in office, Daines stated: “This is the record of Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris. Keep in mind they’ve been in office for 1,362 days.”

“They’ve had three and a half years to fulfill their promises. An administration that promised bipartisanship, soaring rhetoric of hope­; they weren’t talking about joy back then, but hope has only brought destruction and despair,” he added.

Daines suggested Senate Democrats could have intervened based on warnings from economists like Larry Summers: “Senate Democrats could have stopped this. Remember, Democrat economist Larry Summers warned in the spring of 2021 not to spend more money because it would cause inflation to skyrocket."

“They didn’t listen. So here we are. Americans now battling living paycheck to paycheck," he continued. "Thanks to the Biden-Harris economy, they’re having to take dollars that should be helping the American people instead giving free stuff to illegal immigrants."

“American miners losing jobs because of the Biden-Harris policies. And of course, we’ve got war abroad,” he concluded.

“The American people,” Daines said confidently,“will choose a different course six weeks from today.”

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