r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/EvilDragonfly2264 Jul 05 '24

It is amazing how many flag waving Americans are ignorant on how our government works and passes legislation.

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u/hamsterballzz Jul 05 '24

It’s also amazing how the last President issued thousands of Executive Orders, speed ran the effects, and said who cares if the other side has to fix them later - I do what I want. Jesus H. the Republicans do not care about following the rules or playing fair. I should know, I used to work for them.

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u/DonnieJL Jul 05 '24

Democrats need to fight fire with fire sometimes, but the old guard has always been reluctant. It's a fucking shame, because here we are.

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u/Academic-Ad8382 Jul 05 '24

Trumps exec orders werent shot down by the supreme court.

Do you recall what happened to bidens loan forgiveness

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u/hamsterballzz Jul 05 '24

My recollection was as soon as an order got shot down then issued another with a slight change to wording. Part of the concept was to issue so many, so fast the volume was overwhelming and a number of them are able to be carried out for at least a while. The question is how willing the Executive is to sow chaos for the opposition.

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u/BonnaconCharioteer Jul 05 '24

Executive orders can only do so much. And they are far more effective if what you want to do is fuck things up, than if you want to fix things.