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Obama says Trump deepened US divide in rush to ‘identify enemy’ after Charlie Kirk shooting
(www.theguardian.com)
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There's a lot of valid criticisms here but you need to remember that he had to fight tooth and nail for everything he managed to do. The D majority in congress was a rounding error with DINOs on their side of the aisle. If he didn't concede constantly he wouldn't have accomplished anything. Even if he really did want to make the sweeping changes we all hoped he would, he didn't have the congressional mandate even if he had the popular one.
That's the line his voters are fed.
But when you've got a VP owned and operated by the insurance industry and Larry Summers authoring your Treasury policy, I'm more concerned with who he was fighting for.
That was a fact. WTF does his VP have to do with the fact that there was a 100% Republican block against his policies and he couldn't get anything passed unless he kowtowed and made concessions that destroyed everything he was trying to do? Biden didn't break any ties against him. Remember how Merrick Garland got confirmed to the supreme court? Oh right, they literally broke the rules to keep that from happening. This revisionist BS has to go. As far as Larry Summers is concerned, say what you will but the economy was much better when he left than when he was inaugurated. Or did you forget 2008 too.
This is classic "Democrats have to be perfect and do exactly what they promised and solve everything or let's go with Satan" rhetoric we keep hearing from the left and I'm tired of it.
Obama had a bigger advantage in 2009 than Trump has today.
Joe Biden being a creepy racist crook with deep ties to the insurance industry is why health reform failed.
He did what he could, and I'm tired of arguing with people like you.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2012/09/09/when-obama-had-total-control/985146007/