“Political earthquake” in Virginia: Biden rejects blame for shocking election loss

Biden argued that the outcome of his legislative agenda in an impasse on Capitol Hill did not affect the outcome.

He cited the “Trump” players, schools, jobs and gas prices as other reasons for the sudden loss of Terry McAuliffe, the BBC reports.

Republican Glen Youngkin, a political newcomer, came from behind to win the Virginia mayoral race on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the race for the governor of New Jersey went to a stinging crash between the current Democrat president, Phil Murphy, and a little-known Republican challenger, Jack Citarelli.

The American media have predicted that Murphy will win that race, even though his opponent has not yet accepted it.

At the White House on Wednesday, Biden was asked if he admitted any guilt for Tuesday's political earthquake in Virginia.

He said voters are “upset and insecure for many things”, including pandemic, education, economy and the price of gasoline.

Beden acknowledged that the Democrats should have approved its $1.75 trillion package of social and climate programmes and a $1 trillion infrastructure bill ahead of Tuesday's vote.

He added: “But I'm not sure I could change the number of very conservative people that emerged in the red areas that were the voters of Trump”.

Biden received several questions from reporters after giving comments to promote coronary vaccines after American children between the ages of 5 and 11 qualified for vaccines.

Increasing inflation, a slow economic recovery, a historic migration crisis on the southern US border, and a chaotic pull from Afghanistan have also hit the assessment of Biden's approval.

He is one of the most unpopular presidents ever to this point during the first term, according to opinion polls.