There’s no such thing as a mandate.

This simple truth is virtually always ignored by partisans. Take the Democrats who swept into Washington in 2020. Then, as now, the economy was the most pressing issue for voters. But Joe Biden and the Democrats quickly fumbled what should have been a slam-dunk recovery by passing a massive, ideologically motivated crony spending bill just as inflation was heating up.

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