One of the more annoying takes that I've seen lately is that we need to wait and see before we criticize the new administration. Underlying this claim is the assertion that we can't yet make judgments because we lack the evidence on which to make them, and that this evidence will only be available after the administration takes power and starts acting. That is, until the Biden administration actually does "things," we can't judge those things. This claim therefore seems to be based on the very reasonable assertion that we shouldn't make judgments until we have evidence on which to make them. But as with many liberal myths, it’s disingenuous.

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