The New President Joe Biden
February 25, 2021
By Hailey Rice
Staff Reporter
As the new year approached, the 2020 Election was one of the most important elections. This decided if Donald Trump would continue to be president, or if Joe Biden of the Democratic party would take over. After a back and forth election, Joe Biden won with 306 electoral votes.
Many people celebrated because of this win, but many were also upset about the election outcome. Even Donald Trump himself claimed that the election was “stolen.” Although this election was chaotic, the celebration for Joe Biden was massive. Even other countries were celebrating his win.
A junior at Millikan states, “I am really relieved to have Biden and Vice President Harris in the White House because while I do not agree with all the policies and ideas they believe in, they are way better than Trump. Biden has enacted more change in the first fifteen days than Trump did in four years and he acts much more responsibly and presidentially, so I am very happy to have Biden in the White House.”
President Biden has made many excutive actions, such as, banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity. This will not allow federal jobs, like the Military, to discriminate against a person based on their gender.
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Joe Biden’s National Speech 2020
There are also many students who disagree with Biden, like a Millikan MBA student. He states, “He has made our country open borders so anyone can come into our country at any time. I don’t agree with what he says or what he believes in.”
This MBA student does not agree with the executive order to open the United States’ border. He’s reffering to the President ending the ban on U.S. entry from majority-Muslim countries. Biden’s proclamation reversed Trump’s policy that barred entry to the U.S. for refugees and residents from seven predominantly Muslim countries and orders plans within 45 days for resuming visa processing.
This is just the beginning of Joe Biden’s Presidency, with four, possibly eight more years to go. What will be in store for the next few years and how will the community respond?
Andrew Lagana • Mar 17, 2021 at 8:54 pm
March 17, 2021
Dear Corydon Editor,
In issue 6 (February 25, 2021), a girl named “Hailey Rice” wrote an article that’s called “The New President Joe Biden”. At some point in the article, they bring up a junior student who gives their own opinion about Joe Biden. In my opinion, I disagree with that junior student when they said that Joe Biden is better than Trump. During these first few months, Biden has shown to be just as bad as Trump in the same areas. Prior to being elected, Biden stated that presidents who legislate solely through executive orders were dictators, only to sign a few dozen in a really short amount of time. Biden has also failed to keep a lot of his promises. When he ran for office, Biden promised that if we voted for him and gave his party the senate majority, we would get $2000 stimulus checks. Immediately after they all won, that was reduced to $1400. Biden also promised to put an end to the cages used during the Obama and Trump presidencies. Not only has he increased the number of caged children to record highs, but border security has gotten way worse under his watch. It would be nice if we could hear different perspectives on Joe Biden’s performance as president rather than just those praising him. Not everybody agrees, and I think everyone’s point of view deserves to be heard. That way, we can all feel encouraged to have a discussion about it rather than keeping to ourselves.
Sincerely,
Andrew Lagana, Grade 12