Joe Biden\u2019s propensity for \u201cflip-flopping\u201d on major policy positions is well known. During his long career in government, he has flipped on violent crime,<\/b>
\nJoe Biden\u2019s propensity for \u201cflip-flopping\u201d on major policy positions is well known. During his long career in government, he has flipped on violent crime, China, abortion, gay marriage, and the #MeToo movement, to name a few. This habit has only continued since Biden entered office on January 20. Here are five examples of Biden \u201cflip-flops\u201d from the first 100 days of his presidency. Ending the filibuster In 2005, Biden described the filibuster as \u201c not about stopping a nominee or a bill,\u201d but \u201cabout compromise and moderation.\u201d However, as The Daily Wire reported in late March, \u201c President Joe Biden said\u2026 that he supports Democrats\u2019 efforts to end the filibuster, and he claimed that the procedural tool had been \u2018abused\u2019 when used 250 times last year \u2014 though he neglected to mention that Democrats, not Republicans, were responsible for those filibusters.\u201d \u201cWith regard to the filibuster, I believe we should go back to a position with the filibuster that existed when I came to the United States Senate 120 years ago,\u201d he joked, before agreeing \u201c with the notion that the filibuster is a relic of the Jim Crow era, but stopping short of demanding its end.\u201d \u201cI strongly support moving in that direction,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIn addition to having an open mind about dealing with certain things that are just elemental to the functioning of our democracy, like the right to vote. Like the basic right to vote. We\u2019ve amended the filibuster in the past.\u201d Reuniting families separated at the border In October 2020, Bloomberg News reported that \u201cDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden\u2019s campaign announced that he would create a task force on his first day in office that would work to reunite the migrant children that the Trump administration separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border.\u201d During a presidential debate, Biden said that \u201ckids were ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone,\u201d describing such a state of affairs as \u201ccriminal.\u201d On February 2, Biden signed an executive order \u201cto launch a long-awaited task force to reunite families separated at the border under the Trump administration.\u201d However, as Axios reported in early April, \u201cNot one of the hundreds of migrant families separated from President Trump\u2019s zero-tolerance policy has been reunited under President Biden thus far.\u201d Re-opening schools In early December 2020, Joe Biden pledged \u201cto bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation\u2019s schools during his first 100 days as president.\u201d \u201cIt should be a national priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIf Congress provides the funding, we need to protect students, educators and staff. If states and cities put strong public health measures in place that we all follow, then my team will work to see that the majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days.\u201d However, White House press secretary Jen Psaki then walked back this claim in early February, arguing that Biden\u2019s goal was \u201cto have the majority of schools, so more than 50 percent, open by day 100 of his presidency. And that means some teaching in classrooms. So at least one a day week, hopefully it\u2019s more. And obviously it is as much as is safe in each school and local district.\u201d Psaki then clarified that \u201csome teaching\u201d meant \u201cTeaching at least one day a week in the majority of schools by day 100.\u201d Then, on April 30, Biden said K-12 schools should \u201cprobably all be open\u201d in the fall. Refugees In early February, the Independent reported that \u201cPresident Joe Biden said during a speech at the State Department on Thursday he would bolster US refugee admissions after four years of deep cuts, seeking to raise the annual admissions cap to 125,000 people. That\u2019s a more than 700 per cent increase from the Trump administration\u2019s previous targets for the year.\u201d However, in an executive order, Biden decided not to raise former President Trump\u2019s \u201chistorically low cap\u201d of 15,000 refugees for this year. As The Daily Wire reported, \u201cThe blowback from critics was so severe that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki immediately walked back Biden\u2019s announcement, saying that Biden would be setting a \u2018final, increased refugee cap\u2019 by May 15.\u201d Stimulus checks Throughout Biden\u2019s presidential campaign, he promised that $2,000 stimulus checks would be part of his COVID-19 relief plans. \u201c$600 is simply not enough when you have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table. We need $2,000 stimulus checks.\u201d Biden said on January 10. $600 is simply not enough when you have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table. We need $2,000 stimulus checks. Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 11, 2021 After taking office, however, Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which instead of $,2000 payments, included $1,400 checks to some Americans depending on their income. Press Secretary Jen Psaki argued that Biden reached the $2,000 value by including prior payments, saying, \u201cThere was $600 payments, as you know, in the $900 billion package that passed in December. This is $1,400. Together, that\u2019s $2,000. So it would be delivering on the promise he made. And it\u2019s something that he is firmly sticking by.\u201d Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at @ighaworth. The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n