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Democrats need to pull themselves together and remember: Biden is still better than Trump
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this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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Most of your grievances are things the POTUS has no unilateral authority over.
Not sure about his direct authority on drug classifications to enable OTC birth control. Also seems weird to focus on since this has been a hotly debated item for decades.
He has zero authority over abortion rights. The SCOTUS made this massive mess, and were enabled by Trumps appointees. This is trumps mess, and checks and balances explicitly prevents the POTUS from dictating this.
Trump prosecution is out of his hands. It's Garland's job. I'm not sure how much influence the POTUS can have here, but more to the point, the POTUS should be staying out of it, particularly since the plaintiff is his political rival. I don't know what his authority is here in the technical sense, but it is appropriate to not have direct influence over the investigation.
Seems like there's a lot of resentment towards Biden because of a general lack of understanding of the power structure of our government.
It's telling that you left Gaza out of your comment. That is the #1 reason this president is facing a loss. If he would stop sending arms today, he would win in a landslide. You disingenuous shill. Edit: I was wrong to insult OP.
I was replying to OPs points directly. They didnt mention Gaza at all. What the fuck are you on about?
My response was to your final paragraph. People resent Biden because of Gaza and because of the idiotic way the Democratic brass look down their noses at, and gaslight, the American people. This administration has essentially tried to tell us things aren't that bad when people who should have a solid middle class life are watching their credit card debt pile up. For another example, Hilary Clinton was on I think Seth Myers' show and when he mentioned people being hesitant to vote for Biden again, her response was a condescending "get over yourselves". That is the aspect of the top democratic leadership that not only liberals despise, but conservatives see as evidence of how the left is a bunch of elites with no regard for the common folk. There's a better descriptor that I can't think of at this early hour, but yeah. Those things are the cause of the resentment toward this administration, and I'd wager toward the Democratic party itself.
To be clear, I don't think you're wrong on your other points for the most part, but that last paragraph is missing the point IMO. Edit: I apologized.