(CNSNews.com) - President Biden began his post-midterm election press conference on Wednesday by pointing out that there wasn’t any election interference and that the “giant red wave” that was predicted by pundits and the media didn’t happen.
“Our democracy has been tested, but with their votes, the American people have spoken and proven again that democracy is who we are. The states across the country saw record voter turnout. The heart and soul of our democracy, the voters, the poll workers, election officials, they did their job,” the president said.
“They fulfilled their duty apparently without much interference at all, without any interference it looks like. That's a testament I think to the American people. While we don't know all of the results yet, at least I don't know them all yet, here's what we do know. While the press and the pundits are predicting a giant red wave, it didn't happen,” Biden said.
“I know you were somewhat miffed by my obsession and optimism, but I felt good during the whole process. I thought we were going to do fine. While any seat lost is painful - some good Democrats didn't win last night - Democrats had a strong night. We lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president in his first midterm election in the last 40 years. Now, we had the best midterm for governors since 1986,” he said.
The president said that voters spoke clearly on the issue of abortion.
“Another thing that we know is that voters spoke clearly about their concerns, about raising costs, the rising costs and the need to get inflation down. There's still a lot of people hurting. They're very concerned. It's about crime and public safety. They sent a clear and unmistakable message that they want to preserve our democracy and protect the right to choose in this country,” Biden said.
“I especially want to thank the young people of this nation who I'm told I haven't seen the numbers, voted historic numbers again, Just as they did two years ago. They voted to continue addressing the climate crisis, gun violence, their personal rights and freedoms and the student debt relief,” he said.