Why do you blame President Biden for a lack of progress in his first years, when Senators Manchin and Sinema and the Republicans were the real culprits?

We are in no way minimizing the pro-corporate / anti-environmental obstructionism of the GOP and conservative Democrats in Congress, but the Step Aside Joe initiative focuses on President Biden because he himself has been a roadblock to change. On issue after issue, Biden has offered “too little, too late” – from voting rights to abortion rights to student debt to the climate crisis – and he has spent nearly two years demonstrating that he is often incapable of using the power of the presidential “bully pulpit” to mobilize for victory. On many issues, he has failed to use his authority, including the power to issue executive orders, to defend working families – a failure that can’t be blamed on Congress. Biden’s foreign policy has too often emphasized bellicosity over diplomacy, and his bloated military budgets have soaked up funds that should instead be directed toward healthcare, education, environment and other pressing needs.