I don’t know what Gruber said or thought about Biden – but whatever Biden’s personal ideological history, his administration pursued some of the most progressive economic, labor, climate, LGBTQ rights, and broader social policies of any modern Democratic presidency.
And most forget about the judges, one of the most important, long lasting effects of a presidency. Biden appointed an incredible number of progressive judges with great diversity of background and experience. Muslims. Public defenders. Civil rights lawyers. Women, particularly Black women. Biden was very wrong in certain areas, but he got some very important things right.
@altslamma I know that, and that is why my point was about what Gruber wrote.
He has been consistently writing about him as if he always had been progressive which is categorically false when you look at his pre-presidency record.
Had Sanders not convinced him to push a progressive agenda (they were longtime friends despite their ideological differences) Biden would probably have continued the regressive conservative policies he was known for before the [vice-]presidency.