Policy, not personal insults: Biden uses Twitter to sell his agenda, with a few pooch pics thrown in

CLOSE Joe and Jill Biden made an appearance on the White House front lawn with their dogs to check out White House Valentine’s Day decorations. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Joe Biden had been the nation’s 46th president for just 36 minutes when he made use of a powerful presidential tool newly at his disposal.He tweeted from the @POTUS account on Twitter.“There is no time to waste when it comes to tackling the crises we face,” Biden tweeted minutes after wrapping up his inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. “That’s why today, I am heading to the Oval Office to get right to work delivering bold action and immediate relief for American families.”The tweet, meant to reassure a nation still in the midst of a deadly pandemic, was markedly different in style, tone and content from the incendiary and often untrue messages that got his predecessor, Donald Trump, banned indefinitely from the platform just two weeks earlier.Trump often used Twitter to hurl insults, settle scores and promote baseless conspiracy theories. In the first month of his presidency, Biden has used the popular digital platform primarily to promote his policies and his political philosophy. “Wear a mask. Save lives,” he tweeted on Jan.…
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