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Are you serious?
When Dem Congress goes his way, the common parlance is that the president, as leader of the Dems, gets the credit as "he did it". If you want to be pedantic, no he didn't directly do it. It's just common parlance to give the president credit for the things he pushes for.
He can ask the Dem House of Reps and Dem senators to do things, but that is not the same. If Congress says no, there's very little he can do. The President does not have absolute control - to pass legislation takes Congress.
Or things like banning Non-Compete clauses. That was a government agency, which gets appointments. Biden didn't directly make that decision, it came from his (or other presidents) appointments.
Then you have Executive Action (EA) which can be used for some things. You can't use EA for all things. But EAs are not laws, they can be undone by the next president lickity split.
You're responding to either a troll or "progressive" who will find any reason to be disappointed and abstain from voting for a Dem. Don't bother.
As long as other people learn then I'm happy to do it.
It's much appreciated. There are people who would be swindled by these people if someone like you didn't call them out.
https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-gaza-arms-hamas-bypass-congress-1dc77f20aac4a797df6a2338b677da4f
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-biden-administration-once-again-bypasses-congress-on-an-emergency-weapons-sale-to-israel
There are some things, what you linked twice is emergency action. Another is executive action. But you can't pass laws, pass a budget, etc without Congress.
It’s gotta suck knowing you will still be voting for him in November.
Eh, I could live in one of the ~45 states where we already know what the result is...
Everybody wants to act like we don't know what votes mean these days. The sad truth is if you're not in a battleground, it doesn't matter who you vote for as president.
Even 08 Obama that flipped a bunch of states, he already had it in the bag without them.
Good thing there's more than just a presidential race, then. In fact, you can vote in non-presidential races every year (depending on local elections). At the very least every two.
Yeah, battleground states are important in presidential races... but every state matters in congressional and state/local races.
Yep, there's even elections in non presidential years!
What's unfortunate is with a Dem presidential candidate like Biden that people aren't excited about, is it makes the down ballot races less likely to win in red states. 08 Obama was fucking huge in that respect, and I'm feeling old now that it's apparently ancient history and no one remember.
Hell, even just 2020 there was that effect because people wanted trump gone and Biden was still an unknown to most Dems nationwide.
Lots of people believed last primary and the promised Biden made.
It's hard to get that goodwill back from voters.
Agreed. Most of these people don't understand lots of people still remember the ways Democrats fucked us over during Obama's term.
And more.
I sure as fuck won't. If your dog pisses on the floor and you give him a treat the dog's going to think you wanted to piss on the floor again. That's exactly what would happen if people re-elect Biden. Either start holding your own politicians accountable or quit punching at the people that are
I hope you enjoy Trump then.
You should have held your politicians accountable and we wouldn't be in this mess
Likewise.
I don't have any politicians if you are assuming I'm republican.
Even worse, someone who doesn’t vote.
I vote for what I want to see in government. And neither right-wing party offers that
You don’t vote. Goodbye.
And you do, so you are contributing to the current shit government
No vote no voice. Goodbye.
A no vote is a loud voice saying you do not represent me. Your vote is a capitulation to your fears
No it isn’t. No one can hear you. None of them care. You are saying “I’ll let everyone else decide.” That’s a choice. That’s a vote. A vote to go along and accept whatever happens. Sure, you’ll say you don’t accept it, but you still exist there. You haven’t left.
I’ve been thinking about your username, and I wanted to ask, are you Native American?
And here you are not hearing me. And since I'm sure you are pushing a loaded question, I'm Mexican living on US colonized land
So, you’re doing a bit of colonizing yourself by supporting the US.
Typical, no argument so you go ad hominem
What’s to argue? You don’t—or can’t—vote. So you really don’t get to complain about anything since you let everyone choose for you. Maybe you should find somewhere else to live that suits your particular taste.
I do get a voice and I'm expressing it
What? I can’t hear you over the noise of you complaining and also choosing not to do anything about it unless it’s 100% what you want.