President Biden has been in office just days, but already, there are indications of a leftward lurch on policy that belies his campaign promise to govern as a centrist. Illustrative examples can be picked almost at random; the new administration sent a terrible signal that it will truckle to union bosses at the expense of jobs and the economy when it sacked, in an unprecedented fashion, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, Peter Robb; it also used a startling number of executive orders on Day One to weaken America’s southern border and encourage illegal immigration. These moves, among others, show what the Biden administration’s top priorities really are, and it bodes ill for the next four years.
With this tectonic shift underway in the federal government, I want to reassure readers about what will stay constant. The Washington Examiner will be steadfast in its commitment to accurate news reporting and conservative values. This will not change. As we go through a difficult and unwelcome transition to total Democratic control of the levers of power, principled conservatism will continue to be this publication’s guiding star.
