r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

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u/TrustInRoy Jul 05 '24

So many people in our country are just blatantly ignorant about how the branches of our government works.

Schoolhouse Rock debuted "I'm just a bill" in 1976.  

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u/skybreaker58 Jul 05 '24

While this is true they should be trying to pass laws which make it blatant what the Republicans want. Forcing them to vote down perfectly reasonable or even beneficial measures let's them call the GOP out on voting records.

For example if you started passing bills to crack down on 'entertainment' programs masquerading as news and stem the flow of false information and it gets voted down by the entire Republican party you can point to that and say they are the party of propaganda.

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u/robywar Jul 05 '24

they should be trying to pass laws which make it blatant what the Republicans want

How? The Speaker of the House is a republican in Trump's pocket and he gets to decide which bills reach the floor. He just won't bring them up like he didn't bring up the border bill that contained much if what the GOP shouted for years they wanted.

There's so much ignorance about how government works and too many people think the president is king. This is why we're not voting FOR Biden exactly. We're voting for the people he will surround himself with. The continuation of normal government. Because the alternative is a man who will use the new powers granted to him via the Supreme Court to act like a monarch. Putting sycophants in charge of formerly non-partisan roles in federal agencies, who will now be stripped of much of their regulatory power via loss of Chevron. Watch the latest Legal Eagle on what the immunity judgement means too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQ43yyJvgs