One thing I especially don’t love about this Trump term is the extent to which it’s just accepted that apparently *everything* is a national emergency at all times and the President exercising emergency powers to bypass Congress is therefore entirely necessary and unquestionable.
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- Thread starter cajunrevenge
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One thing I especially don’t love about this Trump term is the extent to which it’s just accepted that apparently *everything* is a national emergency at all times and the President exercising emergency powers to bypass Congress is therefore entirely necessary and unquestionable.
I happen to agree, but I will say as a staunch progressive who’s voted for the Democrat in every election I’ve been able to, I haven’t been happy with my own vote in over a decade now, so it’s hard to give someone who doesn’t agree with Dem policies to begin with a ton of criticism for them failing to do so.
I also think we continue to miss the bigger issue, which is that Congress has decided it’s just over that whole legislating thing almost entirely this time around. I would imagine there are a number of independent voters who *would* consider changing their votes if they knew Trump would just get to basically handle any and all government business.
