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Biden’s top priority for a second term: restoring abortion rights
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I mean, what's he supposed to do right now? Republicans still control both houses of congress (or, at least, hold enough seats to render both houses impotent). The upcoming congressional elections matter as much as (or potentially more than) the presidential election.
And next term, when the Republicans control both houses of Congress, he also won't be able to do anything about abortion.
This is why I've stopped believing presidential candidates when they say they're gonna do things. They're one branch of government, so there's only so much they could possibly do, and even that will take years.
He had zero issues going around Congress to "sell" weapons to Israel to be used in an o going genocide...
Bonus points:
They "bought" the weapons with American taxpayers money after Biden had just given it to them.
Why can Biden go around Congress for that, but not for what would help Americans?
Because the president can't create a constitutional amendment. They are not a member of the legislative branch. He can provide emergency military support, being the leader of the executive branch (head of the military)
I don't agree with what he did, but it is under his perview apparently. Much like he can send our troops to fight for ~90 days before needing congressional approval. Essentially creating a situation that you are already in a war by the time congress can say no
He can fix the supreme Court all on his own by adding members, then the case can be brought up again.
But let me guess, you think if Dems do that, Republicans will somehow do even more of what they're already doing?
So we're going to ignore the stolen SC, because if we take it back legally, they might steal it again?
And people wonder why 1/3 of the country don't vote.
Only one side is actually fighting, the other wants to pretend there's no war because then people will ask them why they let it get this bad
Yeah, I suspect they'll have no problem getting those new judges confirmed through the Senate. Genius play.
I get that you're frustrated. We all are. But attacking the people who are mostly on your side instead of the people actively trying to hurt you doesn't help.
A firefighter standing by my house while it brings down isn't helping me.
Especially when he keeps telling me I need to work with the arsonist who set the fire and unless the arsonist agrees, he has no choice but to stand there socializing with the arsonist
I can say we need a different firefighter and that if the only other option is the arsonist....
Then ignoring that our system is broken doesn't help anyone.
All it does is make less people vote on who the next firefighter is, and gives the arsonist better odds of winning.
I know it's tempting, but burying your head in the sand won't fix anything anymore than it has with climate change
Ok but the alternative wants me dead. He’s promising to strip my rights and get rid of people like me. So maybe some of us see y’all standing and taking this position and think “wow, we’re fucked”. Because you can’t even bring yourself to vote for a liberal against a fascist. Vote in the primaries like the rest of us. Try to convince moderates to vote left as they can.
Do you honestly think everyone that criticizes Biden won't vote for him?
Jill Stein would have gotten second place if that was true. Most of the votes moderates get are from people that hate them.
I’m seeing a lot of people saying they won’t on here. And I’m getting sick of their bullshit.
You keep trying to push this narrative that only the far left has any actually significant popularity, like mainstream dem success is all a part of some grand conspiracy or something. But I think the reason most of the dem party in the House and Senate is more moderate, is because there are still a huge number of moderate voters.
It's odd that you're so reluctant to acknowledge that the dem party is a party of diversity, not some monolith of purity.
The number of Supreme Court justices is set by statute. The president cannot add more justices without the support of Congress.
Hes supposed to encourage a floor vote so we can at least find out whos not supporting this and vote them out of congress. But were gonna go into the election without knowing anyone stance, so politicians of both parties can simply claim anything since theres no record.
The leader of each house is Republican, and they control what comes up for a vote. He can encourage all he wants, he has no say in the matter.
Okay and what was his excuse before Midterms when that wasn't true?
There's a lot of cases during his presidency where he could do something within his power as president, and go around Congress.
He has shown he has the willpower to do so when he wants to, just not for things i want. There are many things unrelated to this specific case where it has played out that way.
To me, a dumb working stiff, it sure seems like he won't use his power to help people like me. So he and you will have to excuse me on this case, where he may not even have the power (as you said), for not trusting him when he promises me something he knows i want without even promising that he will succeed.
It is just too cynically timed, and I've heard this one before
Then fuck him for not doing that in his first term.
And that's precisely what makes this so fucking meaningless. What's he able to do in his second term for abortion rights he couldn't in his first? Neither answer is a good look.