• OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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    163 months ago

    Except when they get the power, they never use it for good. (Rhetorically) Why didn’t Biden and Co come in swinging like Trump did? A good opposition party would have had a huge stack of executive orders ready to sign day one.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      83 months ago

      The argument used to be that expanding the powers of the executive and/or violating norms was too dangerous because it would let the republicans do whatever they wanted. That ship has clearly already sailed a decade ago now, which is why their rhetoric seems increasingly empty.

    • D61 [any]
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      3 months ago

      They aren’t the heroes of the story. They’re the good cop in the good cop/bad cop routine.

      Edit: opps… connection went wonky