I’m a Socialist. Joe Biden Is Not.
During a speech on Saturday, Joe Biden referred to right-wing protesters calling him a socialist as “idiots.” He’s right. Socialists are committed to ending inequality, and the president has always been on the other side of the barricades.
President Joe Biden speaks during an event in support of the reelection campaign of US Representative Mike Levin, at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California, on November 3, 2022. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden held a rally in Joliet, Illinois, on Saturday. There he pressed the case for voting for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, focusing in particular on the Republicans’ plans to cut Social Security and Medicare if they win a majority.
On his way in, he was greeted by protesters apparently affiliated with the conservative organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) who held signs declaring that “Socialism Sucks.” The president derided the claim that he was a socialist, saying, “I love those signs when I came in: socialism. Give me a break. Idiots.”
Unfortunately, he’s right about that. Socialists are committed to putting an end to the brutally unequal distribution of wealth and economic power in our society. And Biden has spent his entire political life on the other side of the barricades.
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