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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    6 months ago

    Trump didn’t do this. Trump took the easy way out and signed an EO. An EO that could be overturned or paused at any time.

    Cool, so far you’re good

    But why did Biden pause it for years, then codify it (apparently, I keep being told Biden has nothing to do with that so stop asking him to).

    We don’t even get into why if he did this, he can’t do anything else.

    Why did he pause probably the only good thing trump did to codify it? Why was that one of Biden’s first acts?

    Why not let Trump’s EO ride until it was passed by law?

    Like, you just said:

    An EO that could be overturned or paused at any time.

    But why did Biden have to pause that almost immediately after assuming office?

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      The Biden administration paused all the EOs that Trump signed, not just this one, though it may have been limited to the last year in office. They did so because Trump signed so many EOs in the last few months, that there is absolutely no way that he read them, and someone needed to do so. This one just happened to get caught up in that, and the Biden administration decided to make it so that this one would be permanent. I’m unsure how much Biden himself would have been involved in such decisions.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        310·
        6 months ago

        The Biden administration paused all the EOs that Trump signed, not just this one

        So…

        Your defense of Biden is that he didn’t evaluate anything, just undid Trump’s executive actions?

        I’m no sure, do you know if he did that with Trump’s human right violations at our border too? Or did he let that ride?

        that there is absolutely no way that he read them, and someone needed to do so.

        But your excuse for Biden pausing it for years… Was he just did it to all (or some, you’re not sure) of Trump’s executive actions?

        So which is it?

        Did Biden know what this was before pausing it?

        If he did, why did he pause it?

        I’m just looking for some logical consistency, but all I seem to get is insults, and you’re being civil so I really hope you can explain it.