Rising politicians continuously forget proper tenets of good, visionary leadership. Among them is a simple focus: build a foundation, stack smart wins together, and then create the better future you seek. Instead, we see Biden following along a pattern of broken promises and political pivots that will soon leave many Americans – including the disenfranchised Americans that voted for Biden in 2020 – frustrated that all of the protesting, political volunteering, and hope for a watershed moment – once again begging for more. Even with all of his years of experience within government, Biden has focused more on the politics of power instead of the power of the American people – the very diversity of this nation that he claimed he would listen to, heed its advice, and serve humbly in the spirit of healing. And yet, no one can heal an infirmity of mindset, social mores, and systemic inequities without an acknowledgment that a shift from the same practices that caused the harm must be done. If the former vice president promised to usher in a better America, he is acting with the tone and tenor of the same ol’ America – one where candidates that win elections through thin margins overreach and interpret victory as wide-sweeping mandates. A new America – as promised – cannot begin with the recycling of the same stale cast of characters and their tone-deafness towards policy and innovative collaboration. A fairer America does not come about through an about-face that blocks self-determination in education, consolidates partisan rigidness, and cements two-tiered views on diversity in key leadership.