Very milquetoast speech that hits the Dem high notes of “hey, I disagree that the other political party ruled they can now round us up and kill us like ‘The Purge,’ but guess all we can do is vote.”
I’m just so tired of being told to vote in order to preserve democracy. Like that’s the answer?There have been institutions in place for over 2 centuries that are supposed to do that job, but one side is tearing them down one by one…so I’m just supposed to vote?
Pretty fucking rich of politicians who hold the power to make voting rights universal, demolish the electoral college, use the power of Congress and the institutions to hold the corrupt accountable to be like “sorry, guy who has the power of one vote, it’s up to you bud…”
Not that I disagree with the larger point that "it's up to the voters" isn't enough - you're right there are institutions who are failing at their jobs when they rely on that. Not sure this was that tho - seems more like "the institutions have failed to hold Trump accountable, only the vote remains"
Which I think might be factually true? Even if they did the court expansion & impeachments necessary to correct SCOTUS I'm not sure it would impact the fact all of Trump's trials now extend past November. Impeaching Cannon maybe?
Of course none of that takes away Biden's contribution to the institutions failing to hold Trump accountable in the first place, from Merrick Garland's appointment to who knows what could have gone differently in Congress, and maybe that was your point to start with.
Toothless. I'm disappointed in his response - SC reform needs to be a high priority so that institutions, not personality, define the limits of the presidency.
It was a huge missed opportunity IMO. The ending was all about "the people need to decide if they want Trump unshackled", which is big but the reality is even broader: people need to decide if they want to live in a society where they have a voice and the possibility of justice, or not.
Exactly right. This isn't just about Trump, but about the entire Republic collapsing under the power of SCOTUS and the presidency.
It will only get exponentially worse over time as federal agencies degrade and unaccountable presidential power becomes the solution to every crisis.
Despite today’s ruling I bet Alito, Thomas, Roberts et al would uphold a conviction of Biden for a Hatch Act violation for giving a campaign speech at the White House tonight.
Seems to me Biden’s first response tends to be deference to norms (see 2021, Senate) and same here - he assails the decision not the process.
This campaign can’t bunt single its way to victory.
He better be back tomorrow making it clear that he 1. Supports AOCs push to impeach multiple GOP justices, 2. Has changed his mind on court unpacking and reforms. Dems need to take action now while they still can
One could make an argument that the first step is laying out the stakes to the vanishingly small number of people who will end up deciding the election. Yes, I would also have liked to hear a concrete plan, but I'm also not the intended audience
"In the next few days I will be announcing how I will use these new powers granted to me by the Supreme Court to reform the Supreme Court and to make sure my predecessor is finally held accountable. No spoilers but it rhymes with explordinary rembition."
I'm really hoping they're going to roll out some kind of comprehensive platform tomorrow - court packing, constitutional amendment, cancel student load debt, make the US a colony of Australia, whatever!
Whoever is advising him needs to be FIRED… FAST! The gloves need to be off and Joe needs to lean in on abortion, Supreme Court corruption, and The Fraudulent Orange Criminal Rapist Moron and Convicted Felon’s lifelong record of fraud and crime.
And he needs to lean in HARD.
No need to get bogged down in policy issues. He just needs to add:
"I'm running for President, not king. If you want a king, vote for the convicted felon."
