CBS This Morning on Thursday celebrated Joe Biden’s first 100 days by cheering his executive orders and counting how many calls he’s had with world leaders? What didn’t come up? The ongoing debacle at the border.
Instead of going into that crisis, reporter Nancy Cordes cheered... process: “President Biden has signed 41 executive orders, held more than 20 calls with world leaders, hosted one of them at the White House, visited nine states, and met with dozens of lawmakers in the Oval Office, including Congresswoman Norma Torres.”
Oh, well as long has he’s made phone calls, that’s enough, right? After cheering the Covid vaccination level, Cordes allowed, “Though recently the pace of vaccinations has slowed, a challenge for his next 100 days.”
The only mention, at all, of the border came when Cordes wedged it in with efforts to reverse Trump policy: “Another big focus of the first 100 days was dismantling key elements of the Trump legacy by halting most construction on the southern border wall, blocking the Keystone oil pipeline, and reversing restrictions on transgender military members.”
Talking to Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, the journalist lobbied, “When you see president Biden getting accolades from world leaders for rejoining the World Health Organization or the Paris Climate Accords, you think what?”
Finally, Cordes allowed that Biden hasn’t accomplished much of the left’s wish list: “He didn't set up a police oversight commission, and he has not yet sent a gun safety bill to Congress or eliminated the Trump tax cuts.”
But, as for the border, and things like the fact that Kamala Harris still hasn’t visited, it never came up.
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CBS This Morning
4/29/2021
8:17 to 8:21:23ANTHONY MASON: Today is President Biden's 100th day in office. That benchmark for accomplishments in the early stages of a presidential term dates back to 1933 and President
Franklin Roosevelt. This morning we're taking a look at the promises Mr. Biden has fulfilled and those his critics say he has failed to deliver on. Chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has his record so far.NANCY CORDES: President Biden took the oath of office amid raging pandemic. Just days after an attack on the Capitol is —
NANCY PELOSI: The motion is —
CORDES: And the second impeachment of his predecessor.
JOE BIDEN: It's time for boldness for there's so much to do.
CORDES: 100 days since then, President Biden has signed 41 executive orders, held more than 20 calls with world leaders, hosted one of them at the White House, visited nine states, and met with dozens of lawmakers in the oval office, including Congresswoman Norma Torres.
REP. NORMA TORRES: He's a listener more than a talker. So for the first time I found myself, oh, my gosh, what more can I tell the president about, you know, what we need in the 35th congressional district or in California.
CORDES: One of the president's biggest achievements so far was signing the American Rescue Plan. His $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill which sent stimulus checks to 165 million bank accounts.
BIDEN: This bill puts working people in this nation first.
CORDES: Another pair of promises kept has to do with the C,ovid vaccine.
BIDEN: [Jan 21] 100 million shots in our first 100 days in office. [March 25] 200 million shots in 100 days.
CORDES: The actual figure as of today, 235 million shots. Though recently the pace of vaccinations has slowed, a challenge for his next 100 days.
BIDEN: Go get vaccinated, America.
CORDES: Another big focus of the first 100 days was dismantling key elements of the Trump legacy by halting most construction on the southern border wall, blocking the Keystone oil pipeline, and reversing restrictions on transgender military members.
HOGAN GIDLEY: I think it's been a disappointment to say the least.
CORDES: Hogan Gidley served as Deputy Press Secretary to President Trump. When you see president Biden getting accolades from world leaders for rejoining the World Health Organization or the Paris Climate Accords, you think what?
GIDLEY: Who cares? No one cares what the -- what the rest of the world feels as it relates to is America being put first? Donald Trump put this country first.
CORDES: There are some early promises Mr. Biden didn't keep. He didn't set up a police oversight commission, and he has not yet sent a gun safety bill to Congress or eliminated the Trump tax cuts. Pushing his plans through a narrowly divided Congress isn't easy which is why he has often turned to executive actions instead. And despite this vow —
BIDEN: Unity is the path forward.
CORDES: His rescue bill did not get a single Republican vote.
REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY: I look at the 100 days, it's more like a bait and switch.
SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL: The Biden administration seems to have given up on selling actual unity in favor of catnip for their liberal base.
CORDES: Bridging that divide it seems will take a lot longer than 100 days if it happens at all. Nancy Cordes, CBS News, the White House.
