• MishMash@lemm.ee
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      There were funds appropriated for a portion of the wall in 2019 by Trump with the requirement that construction is completed by the end of 2023. Biden asked congress to reappropriate the funds, as he does not have the power to do so, and congress refused. His hands are mostly tied here from what I understand.

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          Yeah, instead it would be a good idea for Biden to give Congress an ACTUAL reason to impeach him, ensuring that either Cheeto Mussolini or Little Rhonda show up and install a fascist state.

          It’s 20 miles of a 2000-mile border. I’ll take “keep defeat of the impending fascist takeover on the table” over “concrete case for impeaching Sleepy Joe”

          It’s a good goddamn thing some of you aren’t in charge of literally anything.

          • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.net
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            you actually think ad hominem counts as a debate tactic? Swing and a miss.

            Ill make it easy for you. You make a salient point. Anything with a link showing the class you actually have looked into this and are better than some drunk raving in a bar.

            I can’t wait to see you ignore my instructions, show your ass, and give me a greater sense of superiority than you have already provided me today.

            Go

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            Cheeto Mussolini

            Wild wine cave liberal appeared! maybe-later-honey

            It’s 20 miles of a 2000-mile border.

            Wild wine cave liberal used diluted atrocity rationalization! morshupls

            It’s not very effective.

            I’ll take “keep defeat of the impending fascist takeover on the table” over “concrete case for impeaching Sleepy Joe”

            Wild wine cave liberal used West Wing appeasement logic! bootlicker

            It’s not very effective.

            It’s a good goddamn thing some of you aren’t in charge of literally anything.

            Wild wine cave liberal used smug condescension! smuglord

            It’s not very effective.

            Wild wine cave liberal fainted from huffing their own farts! blob-sleep

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            It’s a good goddamn thing some of you aren’t in charge of literally anything.

            i’m sure you feel that way. after all, we’d never build your racist fucking wall, you piece of shit

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        Sounds like bs to me. He had to waive laws to do this. And if he didn’t do this what would happen? Would he get in trouble with the super president?

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          Yeah Congress didn’t tie his hands and force him to override laws (which by the acts definition should only be invoked to protect the nation against threats).

          He could just add easily declare his hands tied by the 26 laws he is instead breaking. He could say the wall’s completion wouldn’t do anything to enhance national security (something i recall libs saying when it was trumps wall).

          This is a lie, plain and simple.

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          Sounds like you a passionate about the topic, do some more reading do you can understand.

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            So you can’t tell me what’s forcing the president to do this? What repercussions he’d face and from where?

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              Don’t be lazy, if you care so much look it up. The other poster already explained it for you and you chose not to believe it.

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              “President” is not “King”

              Money is controlled by Republican Congress.

              Republican Congress is not controlled by Democrat President.

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              This fucking guy thinks the president is a king 😂

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            Cool. You feel better now that you’ve joined late and got a meaningless jab in? Got that dopamine hit?

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          Not defending it, since I’m not familiar enough with the topic, but he waived protections provided the laws - not the laws themselves, which must be within his power if he’s done it.

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        hahahahahahaha “the man in charge of the country and the political party in power have no say! they have to do the incredibly evil thing! the money couldn’t just sit there and not get used, that would be a worse sin than putting up barbed wire and machine gun nests”