Biden Says Democrats ‘Had a Strong Night’ as Predicted Red Wave ‘Didn’t Happen’

President Joe Biden said Democrats did well in the midterm elections as the predicted red wave didn’t happen.
“While we don’t know all the results yet—at least I don’t know them all yet—while the press and the pundits were predicting a giant red wave, it didn’t happen,” Biden told reporters in Washington on Nov. 9 in his first public remarks since Sunday.
“I know you were somewhat miffed by incessant optimism but I felt good during the whole process. I thought we were going to do fine. While any seat lost is painful—some good Democrats didn’t win last night—Democrats had a strong night, and we lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in the last 40 years,” he added….}

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