Another thing he hasn’t tried is to use the power of his public reach to rally supporters and call them to action. This is something Trump did to great effect, leading to all those MAGA moms invading town halls and school board meetings and getting the GOP agenda pushed through.
Stuff like that. It’s all way too extreme and would destabilize the country, be he could technically do it.
My point is, Biden doesn’t even try stuff like this; he doesn’t do risky things that might lead to political backlash. He plays it safe and obeys the political norms, and within those limitations does everything he can. I understand his strategy, even if I disagree with it.
It was safe because he left himself open to being stopped and he followed all the rules. It’s all within the norms of government. It was a smart political move, too, because it made people hate the illegitimate court even more than they already did.
Unsafe would be ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision and just doing it anyway. As the apocryphal quote goes, “The Supreme Court has made it’s decision, now let them enforce it.”
The only actions in office that aren’t safe are actions which are, by definition, dangerous or have some kind of risk of consequences.
Biden didn’t risk anything by setting up student loan forgiveness to be struck down. That doesn’t actually hurt him politically at all, and in fact, strengthens his political case against the Republican party! What actual risk or danger did he face by getting challenged in the Court? The worst thing they could do is say “No” - that’s nothing! He played it safe and he always does.
I don’t think he made the “wrong” choice, by the way. The only other choices he could have made would have resulted in actual political or public backlash onto him or the party or the government and its institutions. He chose the safe path. It makes perfect sense.
He did everything in his power that wasn’t politically risky, but not literally everything.
I don’t blame him. If he did some of the more risky things that I’ve heard of, I think it would have either resulted in impeachment or civil war lol
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One thing he hasn’t tried is to ignore the Supreme Courts decisions. Republicans are already doing it, so turnabout is fair play.
Another thing he hasn’t tried is to use the power of his public reach to rally supporters and call them to action. This is something Trump did to great effect, leading to all those MAGA moms invading town halls and school board meetings and getting the GOP agenda pushed through.
Stuff like that. It’s all way too extreme and would destabilize the country, be he could technically do it.
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We’ll see.
My point is, Biden doesn’t even try stuff like this; he doesn’t do risky things that might lead to political backlash. He plays it safe and obeys the political norms, and within those limitations does everything he can. I understand his strategy, even if I disagree with it.
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It was safe because he left himself open to being stopped and he followed all the rules. It’s all within the norms of government. It was a smart political move, too, because it made people hate the illegitimate court even more than they already did.
Unsafe would be ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision and just doing it anyway. As the apocryphal quote goes, “The Supreme Court has made it’s decision, now let them enforce it.”
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The only actions in office that aren’t safe are actions which are, by definition, dangerous or have some kind of risk of consequences.
Biden didn’t risk anything by setting up student loan forgiveness to be struck down. That doesn’t actually hurt him politically at all, and in fact, strengthens his political case against the Republican party! What actual risk or danger did he face by getting challenged in the Court? The worst thing they could do is say “No” - that’s nothing! He played it safe and he always does.
I don’t think he made the “wrong” choice, by the way. The only other choices he could have made would have resulted in actual political or public backlash onto him or the party or the government and its institutions. He chose the safe path. It makes perfect sense.
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