• voidMainVoid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You think that Biden was forced into this? Did somebody put a gun to his head? Do you honestly believe that Bernie Sanders would’ve said the same things if he were president?

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      11 months ago

      You think that Biden was forced into this?

      Do you honestly believe that Bernie Sanders would’ve said the same things if he were president?

      Yes and I think your belief that he wouldn’t shows an insane lack of understanding when it comes to party politics and the power of the office of the President.

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        11 months ago

        Well, it’s very easy for you to make a claim like that, because it’s impossible for me to disprove it, but I find it implausible. For one thing, Trump did a lot of things that people thought were impossible for a president to do.

        Again, nobody held a gun to Biden’s head.

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          The things Trump did that were impossible were crimes. He didn’t do anything himself otherwise that had any impact. His party did. The house did. The Senate did. The supreme court did. He didn’t do anything personally at all. The President has way less power than you seem to comprehend. They are at the whims of Congress. You must have their support to do anything. Bernie would not have that support, as much as it would be nice.

          You are not painting a realistic picture of the executive office.

          Also, the gun is metaphorical. It is that support I was talking about.