• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s not “for whatever reason”.

    Pressed about Biden’s previous comments rejecting the construction of more border wall during his presidency, the White House official said the administration had no choice but to use the money Congress appropriated in 2019 during the Trump administration.

    “In order to follow the law, we had to use this money,” the official said, adding that the timing of the environmental waiver was related to the end of the fiscal year.

    Why delay the inevitable? Do it, gain some political points, move on. It’s gonna happen anyway, and he needed he points he got from moderates more than he needed the points from people like you.

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      9 months ago

      So you admit that he had a choice in the matter, but now you claim it was needed to score points with the supposed “moderates” that love republican policy. If “moderates” want a wall, they will simply vote republican. This dumb stunt does not change that at all. I am curious what you mean by “people like you”.

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        9 months ago

        I meant “far leftists who make irrational demands of Democrats”

        He had no choice in stopping the wall from being built.

        He could claim points for not delaying it.

        Both of these are true.

        And do you really believe moderate Democrats don’t exist?

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          9 months ago

          Ah, okay, sorry for making the irrational request of a president with a spine. I should just be happy with the slide into fascism as democrats bend over backwards for supposed “moderates” while republicans go mask-off fascist and democrats insist that we need a strong republican party and that we can work with them (meanwhile republicans are free to pull every dirty trick in the book).

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            9 months ago

            Let me know when your temper tantrum is finished and you actually want to advance policy that helps people.