Biden faces progressive reckoning on failed Senate border deal

Published February 7, 2024 9:59am ET



President Joe Biden’s standing with the progressive Left could be further imperiled by his support for the Senate’s failed bipartisan border deal.

Biden has faced months of slumping poll numbers and surveys that show him losing in November to former President Donald Trump due to the diminished turnout of his 2020 coalition. Those numbers have been made worse by progressive opposition to his support for Israel’s war in Gaza, which has led Arab people in Michigan, a critical state in Biden’s path to victory, vowing to stay home in November. 

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