Bobby Jindal: Biden may find support for some proposals among populist Republicans in Congress

President-elect Joe Biden faces a Republican Party transformed by President Trump, giving the incoming Democratic president an opportunity to find common ground with the GOP’s populist branch

Just as congressional Republicans harnessed the fury of the Tea Party and forced spending caps on President Barack Obama after he spent trillions on economic stimulus measures and ObamaCare, they are now returning from their holiday from fiscal restraint to confront President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda. Yet, Biden faces a Republican Party transformed by Trump, giving the incoming Democratic president an opportunity to find common ground with the GOP’s populist branch. In his first inaugural address, President Ronald Reagan famously articulated the guiding conservative philosophy that "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."