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    Trump’s Title 42 and Muslim ban were far worse.

    Biden waited 3.5 years to end title 42 and tried to close the border. He has deported more people than Trump.

    POTUS has no reasonable control over grocery store prices

    He literally does though. But there’s a million other things he could have done when he had control. Instead we just get excuses about how powerless the party controlling both houses and the presidency was because of Manchin or the parliamentarian or the SCOTUS or some rules the dems set for themselves or norms or whatever.

    There’s no point in quibbling about whether Biden was less bad than trump, these actions decrease how many people will vote for him. Implementing policy that makes you lose the election is refusing to stand in republican’s way.

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      @disguy_ovahea

      You shouldn’t engage with this guy. Its always a bait and switch/ false premise/ straw man with this guy.

      You make a point about an actual bill (the mexican border bill), he makes it about trump and a muslim ban.

      Its always in bad faith. Its a condition of blue MAGA.

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        Read the thread you’re so confident in condemning.

        I cited all of my statements while your friend here repeatedly made false claims.

        Maybe you two should get a place together in misinformation land.

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            In 2016 I voted for Bernie in the primary, and Hillary in the election.

            Using my civic duty to compromise for the lesser of two evils does not make me a fascist.

            Name calling is unproductive and childish. Have a conversation or find someone else to use as your stepladder to superiority.

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      Wrong.

      Biden ended the Muslim Ban on Jan 21, 2021, the day after he was inaugurated.

      https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2021/01/21/biden-executive-order-ends-muslim-travel-ban-donald-trump/4240420001/

      He ended Title 42 on May 20, 2022, but the measure was stopped by federal judges. It took until May of 2023 to be completed.

      https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/20/title-42-border-judge-ruling-migrants/

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        Nobody is talking about the Muslim ban, we’re talking about the more recent attempt to close the mexican border.

        But it’s irrelevant, you’re still missing the point.

        My point is that Biden’s unpopular actions decrease how many people will vote for him. This is how Biden ensures Trump will come to power.

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          Did you not read the second half of my comment? He ended Title 42 a year and a half after taking office. Federal judges stopped it for a year.

          You wrote three and a half years.

          You fabricate lies in your comments often. I will always call out misinformation.

          Cite your sources and stop with the lies.

          Biden has done plenty of good where Trump did nothing or actively worsened things for the working class, minorities, and the planet. You only select Biden’s worst policies to define his presidency.

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            It doesn’t matter if his excuse was some court he can just ignore and face no consequences asked him to keep it in place or if did it on a whim, he had the power to change it, he didn’t use it. It was in place for like 3 and a half years.

            You’re not calling out misinformation, you’re quibbling.

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              You inflated his inaction on Title 42 by two years. Quibbling my ass. I’m calling you a liar. This is not the first time I’ve called you out on false information.

              Something tells me it won’t be the last.

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                He took an action that took 3 years to complete instead of ending it on day one and telling the courts to fuck off.

                That’s keeping it in place for 3 years.

                This isn’t misinformation, this is you being intentionally dense.

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                  POTUS is the head of the Executive Branch. He has no control over the Judicial Branch other than appointing judges in the event of vacancy.

                  Telling them to “fuck off” is meaningless nonsense.

                  Also, it still wasn’t three years. From inauguration in January of 2021 to May of 2023. You seem to really want to be right. You’d probably have more success if you cited accurate information.

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                    it still wasn’t three years.

                    Oh no it was closer to 2.5 years than 3.5 years!

                    Come on, you know this doesn’t refute my point.

                    Telling them to “fuck off” is meaningless nonsense.

                    The SCOTUS has no means to enforce its decisions. It knows this and has historically kowtowed to the executive when faced with its own marginalization.

                    The president literally can just ignore them, as Trump did when they made a ruling he didn’t like such as DACA. There’s some other precedents: https://revealnews.org/blog/a-brief-history-of-presidents-telling-so-called-judges-to-get-lost/