Biden Says He Doesn’t Have Any Regrets Over Document Scandal. Other Dems Say He Should.

Karl SalzmannJanuary 23, 2023

After the scandal involving classified documents, President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies began to turn against him. Dick Durbin (Ill.), Senate Majority Whip, said that the president should not be allowed to leave. “embarrassed,” Bloomberg reported Sunday.

FBI agents Friday found Another batch of mishandled classified papers was discovered during a 12-hour search of Biden’s Wilmington, Del. home. The president’s slow drip of scandals has angered high-ranking Democrats.

Biden “should be embarrassed by the situation,” Durbin, number-two senatorial Democrat and a longtime ally to the president, spoke to CNN on Sunday. Document handling mistakes like the president are “just unacceptable,” Durbin stated.

Senator Joe Manchin (D.W.Va.), told NBC that Biden “should have a lot of regrets,” Calling the president’s actions “irresponsible.”

These words, Durbin’s and Manchins, are stark contrasts to Biden’s comments about the scandal.

“I have no regrets,” Biden said Thursday marked one week since his attorney general had announced the creation and appointment of a special counsel in order to investigate the mishandled papers.

Biden’s lawyers discovered classified documents in his think-tank office. This was reported by news media this month. The FBI searched for more documents at Biden’s Wilmington residence and found them all.

Biden has been faced with bad news in recent days: His low poll numbers have plummeted Despite the scandal, Ron Klain (his powerful chief of staff) is planning to continue his work. resign.

Although Democrats are not a fan of the president, Republicans began to wonder where the document imbroglio would lead. Politico reported.

“Watergate started as a very small burglary,” ABC reported that Michael McCaul, the chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee (Republican from Texas), spoke to ABC Sunday. “and it led to the president of the United States resigning.”