In the final stretch of midterm season, some vulnerable Democrats are distancing themselves from President Joe Biden and other elements of their party.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) has become the latest Democrat to criticize Biden, portraying herself to voters as a senator who isn’t afraid to pressure Biden on certain choices.
“I’m pushing Joe Biden to release more of our oil reserves,” she said in a recent television advertisement.
For Republicans, this election cycle has been about one overriding message: Biden’s handling of executive power during his first term in office.
But because this term has been marked by record-breaking inflation, burgeoning federal interest rates, unprecedented crime in America’s major cities, and illegal immigration at the southern border, some Democrats are now—in the last leg of their campaigns—trying to send Biden and the party a message to stay away….