Joe Biden’s time as president was actually a sleeper.
Biden, 82, took extra break day than some other US president in fashionable historical past, spending 577 of his 1,463 days in workplace – or 39% of his presidency — on trip, in keeping with stunning new information compiled by the Republican Nationwide Committee.
The common American — who will get 11 paid trip days a yr — must work 52 years to rack up as a lot down time as Biden scored in his 4 years.
“Considering how awful his misguided policies were and the various crises they created, from the border to inflation, imagine the damage he would have done if he worked every day?” quipped Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn). “I’m not sure if we should be mad or thankful he worked so little.”
That staggering tally contains R&R 43 of the 70 days — or 61% — after being pressured by fellow Dems in July 21 to drop his re-election bid.
Biden’s leisure ratio outstripped the earlier Vacationer-in Chief, George H.W. Bush, who spent 37% of his presidency — 543 of 1,461 days – away from the White Home.
Biden’s out-of-office ratio far surpasses break day taken by Trump — who spent 26% of his first time period away from Washington, D.C. — 381 of his 1,461 days in workplace, data present.
Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama vacationed for simply 11% of their two-term presidencies — and workhorse Jimmy Carter took solely 79 days of breaks, accounting for five% of his single time period in workplace.
George W. Bush spent 1,020 – or 35% — of his 2,922 days in workplace away from DC in his two phrases, together with loads of time at his Texas ranch, in keeping with tallies by the Cleveland Plain Vendor.
Biden had already been having fun with huge quantities of time at his trip residence in Rehoboth Seaside, DE earlier than former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi and different once-loyal cronies bumped him off the celebration’s presidential ticket in favor of VP Kamala Harris.
He then spent a lot of the subsequent two months vacationing there, California’s wine area in Santa Ynez Valley, the presidential retreat at Camp David, and at his different residence in Wilmington, DE, data present.
This included taking a jaw-dropping 23 straight days off from Aug. 8 to Sept. 2.
Biden took holidays to Nantucket in late November and to St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in late December, he did present as much as work most of his final two months within the workplace.
Throughout that point, he issued essentially the most presidential pardons and commutations in U.S. historical past — together with pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who was dealing with jail sentences on federal felony gun and tax convictions.
“Thanks to the mandate delivered by voters in November, Joe Biden and [former Vice President] Kamala Harris are now on a permanent vacation,” stated RNC Communications Director Zach Parkinson. “And thanks to President Trump, our country is back on track.”
Biden’s reps didn’t return messages.
