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§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Biden Backs Out on Campaign Promise, Announces Expansion of US-Mexico Border Wall

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Biden Backs Out on Campaign Promise, Announces Expansion of US-Mexico Border Wall

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§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Biden backs out on campaign promise, announces expansion of US-Mexico border wall : Peoples Dispatch
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The US president will waive 26 federal laws to facilitate the construction of 20 additional miles of the border wall, angering environmental, immigration, and Indigenous rights activists
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  • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    shocked-pikachu

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    Looks like my next vote will be tied to a brick.

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      This is getting reposted everywhere even though people in the comments are constantly giving the correct information on why this happened. Just giving you a heads-up so you’re not to quick to tie your vote to someone else’s willful misunderstanding of the separation of powers.

      • Hyggyldy@sffa.community
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        So who is forcing him to waive laws? What will happen if he doesn’t?

        • DarkGamer@kbin.social
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          All these questions and more can be answered with a simple web search.

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    Fucking why?

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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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            • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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              pika-pickaxe

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

          • Hyggyldy@sffa.community
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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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        • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          Yes you’re recognizing the liberal urge to defend fascist behavior

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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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          Your inability to process information provided to you makes any discourse impractical.

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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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          Waive laws? Lol. He would get impeached because that’s breaking the law.

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        Ok, so it’s a nothing burger headline designed for rage.

        I hate the algorithm.

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        His hands are mostly tied here

        doubt

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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”

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