President Joe Biden suggested Wednesday that the United States is, or risks becoming, a “one party system” due to the supposed failure of the GOP.
The moment: “It seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for and they’re in the midst of a significant sort of mini-revolution,” Biden said at a White House event.
- “We need a two-party system. It’s not healthy to have a one-party system,” he added. “And I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.”
Biden’s contemplation of the GOP’s demise came in response to a reporter’s question about House Republican’s moves to oust Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from leadership over her persistent criticism of former President Donald Trump.
- Asked earlier Wednesday about the GOP uprising against Cheney, Biden said, “I don’t understand the Republicans.”
The president and Cheney were seen fist-bumping last week ahead of his first joint address to Congress.
Come on, man: Biden has long touted his aisle-crossing relationships, including with Cheney’s father, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney.
- But, even as he has kept up his bipartisan rhetoric in the White House, Biden has led highly partisan effort to expand the federal government on a historic scale.
Meanwhile, whatever the GOP’s internal divisions over Trump, the party stands poised to win back control of the House in 2022.
