• dariusj18@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    He didn’t take credit, he actually detailed a lot of the credit due in his speech. But yes, it is the fact that he made a big deal about a progressive social issue that is an example of being more progressive than his predecessors. If you are looking for progressive things done without congressional action, you’re not going to find any, ever. That’s just not how our government works.

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      6 months ago

      Oh is this one of those things where a Biden supporter tries to convince people that.

      1. The president is completely powerless

      2. trump becoming president would be terrible, so we have to vote Biden

      Cuz buddy, not being trump is pretty much the only reason people are voting Biden, because 1 is bullshit

      But we’d have a lot better chance beating trump with a president whose ambitions are higher than not dying in office.

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        6 months ago

        Not powerless, but the fear of Trump (IMO a founded fear) is that he would abuse the office and be permitted to do so by his party members in Congress. I understand that people want Biden to do the same thing (for a real and good cause) but that would also be the end of American democracy.

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          6 months ago

          He is doing the same thing…

          He’s getting sued by the ACLU for illegal border policy, and breaking US and international law by supplying munitions for Israel’s genocide…

          Which is the whole point:

          If the most popular reason to vote Joe is he’s not trump, then Joe needs to stop fucking breaking serious laws, especially when he’s doing it for things only republicans want

          Shits not complicated, I hope some of this making sens.