{"id":1843754,"date":"2023-02-12T06:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843754"},"modified":"2023-02-12T06:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:43:32","slug":"jenny-beth-martin-bidens-delusional-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jenny-beth-martin-bidens-delusional-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Beth Martin: Biden\u2019s Delusional State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjenny-beth-martin-bidens-delusional-state-of-the-union%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7029bbe9-38d7-4c29-843f-f2e4034c388c.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\">After watching Tuesday\u2019s State of the Union address, I have just one question: Has there ever before in American history been such a clear-cut example of a political figure being so disconnected from reality, so totally, completely, Marie Antoinette \u201cLet them eat cake!\u201d Out of touch? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>In Joe Biden\u2019s world \u2013 at least, in the version of Joe Biden\u2019s world that he shared with his fellow countrymen Tuesday evening \u2013 all is rosy: the economy is growing by leaps and bounds, thanks to his brilliance; the war on drugs will be won, thanks to his determination; the crisis on the southern border isn\u2019t a crisis at all, and, in fact, has been tamed by the introduction of a new policy; and America\u2019s international adversaries would never think of launching a provocative act against U.S. interests anywhere around the world (let alone against the American heartland!) Thanks to his strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>In the real world, the American economy \u2013 at least, as viewed by American citizens, Biden\u2019s constituents \u2013 is still suffering through the worst inflation in 40 years. Inflation has increased by 21% since Biden was elected to office in 2002.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/data\/inflation_calculator.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13.5 percent<\/a><span>. That\u2019s the equivalent of imposing a huge sales tax on every purchase made in America over the last two years \u2013 except that with the \u201cinflation tax,\u201d The additional money is effectively lost to nothing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Worse, the inflation tax hits everyone who uses money \u2013 including all those who make less than $400,000 per year. It devalues the dollar of a man making $40,000 per annum (and therefore has fewer dollars relative to others) in the same way it hits a man earning $40 million per annum (and therefore has more dollars relative to others). This is a harshly regressive tax because it targets the economically less fortunate proportionally more than the more fortunate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>So much for Biden\u2019s insistence that he has kept his campaign promise never to raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 per year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>It\u2019s no wonder his approve\/disapprove numbers on the economy are so bad: According to the RealClearPolitics\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/president_biden_job_approval_economy-7321.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surveys<\/a><span>\u00a0average of Biden\u2019s performance on the economy, he\u2019s 20 points upside-down, at 38 percent approve\/58 percent disapprove. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Moreover, in the real world, the war on drugs is \u2026 not going well, to put it mildly. The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/drug-overdose-data.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest<\/a><span>\u00a0The 12-month-end provisional count of deaths from drug overdoses during Trump years was January 2021. There had been 94,788 deaths in the preceding 12 months. This number has risen since Biden became president. It peaked in March 2022, with 107,999 deaths in the preceding 12 months, a 14 percent increase over Trump\u2019s worst year. Nearly a year later, this number has not slowed down and is now more than 100,000\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>More alarmingly, we\u2019ve lost control of our southern border, across which flows the deadly fentanyl that\u2019s driving those drug overdose statistics. The average monthly intake of fentanyl was 38,000 in FY 2020.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Number<\/a><span>\u00a0Monthly \u201cencounters\u201d on the southwest border \u2013 what you or I would call \u201capprehensions\u201d of illegal immigrants \u2013 has risen to about 145,000 in FY 2021 and almost 200,000 in FY 2022. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>That\u2019s a five-fold increase in just two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The result is a massive wave of illegal immigrants surging across our border \u2013 1.7 million in FY 2021, and 2.4 million in FY 2022. And those are the ones we apprehend before allowing them to roam free in the interior of our country; that number doesn\u2019t include the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/southern-us-border-migrants-gotaways-2022-1770201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">600,000<\/a><span>\u00a0It is known \u201cgotaways\u201d Customs and Border Protection believes that the U.S. was invaded in FY 2022. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>And America\u2019s international adversaries? Please. Biden stated in his speech: \u201cBut make no mistake: as we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The Chinese Communist Party leadership is laughing right now \u2013 and Russia, Iran, and North Korea are taking notes. Chinese communists set up a spy satellite to fly the airwaves across the United States. We still don\u2019t know what its purpose was. It was perhaps to test U.S. Air Defenses to see how long it would take to detect the balloon. Maybe it was to test out the thinking of those responsible for protecting American airspace against foreign intrusions. They could shoot it down immediately or wait for additional evidence of hostile intent. Or maybe they would never shoot it down at all. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The U.S. military took a week to decide whether or not to shoot down the spy satellite. The balloon&#8217;s mission was completed by the time it was finally shot down. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The world saw a complete failure in presidential leadership. America was made to look foolish on the world stage, as if its leaders either didn\u2019t know its air space was vulnerable to foreign intrusion, or didn\u2019t care. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>It&#8217;s no wonder, then.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/roberthart\/2023\/02\/06\/most-democrats-dont-want-biden-to-run-in-2024-ap-norc-poll-finds\/?sh=79b128da7196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37 percent<\/a><span>\u00a0Biden is supported by his fellow Democrats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After watching Tuesday\u2019s State of the Union address, I have just one question: Has there ever before in American history been such a clear-cut example of a political figure being so disconnected from reality, so totally, completely, Marie Antoinette \u201cLet them eat cake!\u201d Out of touch? \u00a0 In Joe Biden\u2019s world \u2013 at least, in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1843757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[14560,3706,13118,15234,11955,4701],"class_list":["post-1843754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-beth","tag-bidens","tag-delusional","tag-jenny","tag-martin","tag-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1843754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1843754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}