Think Joe Biden Will Be the Next FDR? His Wall Street Donors Don’t Seem To.
Liberal pundits are touting Joe Biden as a potentially transformative president in the mold of FDR. His donor lists — and his own words — say otherwise.
Joe Biden delivers a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center on July 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Mark Makela / Getty
Could Joe Biden be the next FDR?
This, or some version of it, has been a question on the lips of many a liberal pundit since the most conservative major candidate in the Democratic primary field locked up the nomination for president a few months ago — and it’s one plenty have seemed to answer in the affirmative.
In a sense, it’s a question very much worth asking. America’s current economic and public health crises are vast, and they call for nothing less than a return of activist government on a scale unseen since the New Deal.
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