From back in 2019, when Joe Biden released a video announcing his decision to run for president for a third time, the headlines positioned him as the “return to normalcy” candidate. “Joe Biden’s presidency could make America normal again,” screamed The New York Post,.

And that was after the Trump tax cuts, which increased middle-class household income by $4,000 in just three years (compared to only $1,000 per household gain under Obama in eight years); and reduced unemployment to a 49-year low (compared to the highest jobless rate for any administration since the end of World War II under Obama).