I remember as late as circa 2019 even your average non-berniecrat lib could articulate a critique of Trump's immigration policy, but since Trump's policy became Biden's policy you'd think they've always cheered on the wall and the internment camps

Seems like what we have here is the ratchet effect on steroids

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    It was money earmarked and approved and passed in 2019 under the trump administration to be used for the wall.

    They're currently trying to prosecute trump for not using congretionally passed money earmarked in order to be sent to Ukraine.

    If Biden didn't use that money to build that portion of Wall that congress voted to have done then it would have put Biden in the same position trump is getting prosecuted for. Biden doesn't have the authority to go against congress on that portion of wall being built.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      If Biden didn't use that money to build that portion of Wall that congress voted to have done then it would have put Biden in the same position trump is getting prosecuted for

      waiting to hear the downside

    • TheWorldSpins [any, undecided]
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      1 year ago

      Okay so maybe a Executive Order to balance this so called necessary evil? Some fucking olive branch other than "Sry Jack my hands are tied". Any kind of justice for Migrants? Amnesty for those locked up? Federally maintained and decent housing for the detained instead of a fucking prison? Food and water? Granting citizenship? He can't do shit huh? FUCK, maybe some lip service that isn't a defense of his administration?

      "The most progressive president ever elected."

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      He can pardon people with impunity outside if the context of him getting impeached. Let's see him pardon migrants, and maybe all the people imprisoned by the Clinton crime bill that he said "oopsie whoopsie, sowwies!" to and then did nothing to help.