Shortly after Trump was inaugurated, I reviewed this ridiculous article, claiming that any fears about Donald Trump's lawlessness were purely hypothetical, while Biden had already proven himself to be our most lawless President ever. To make her point, the author compared Biden's actions to rash actions by previous Presidents, arguing that Biden was worse. I do wonder what the author would say now that Trump has been in office long enough to allow a point of comparison.
Consider what the author argued:
Andrew Jackson: Defied a Supreme Court ruling seeking to protect the Cherokee Nation and paved the way for the Trail of Tears.Joe Biden: When the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness, he looked for ways to modify it or expand existing programs to achieve his goal.
Trump II: When the Supreme Court struck down his unilateral tariffs, attempted to impose them under another statute.
(Um, does the author really thing that student loan forgiveness is worse that the Trail of Tears?!?!? And even if she is only comparing them in the sense of being done in defiance of the Supreme Court, well, Trump has done much the same thing as Biden now).
Abraham Lincoln: Unilaterally suspended habeas corpus, ordered arrest of opponents in Congress and the media.
Joe Biden: Encouraged his Attorney General to indict Trump and taunted Trump when he was indicted.
Trump II: Pressured his Attorney General to indict at least three opponents and a Federal Reserve official. All attempts thrown out as baseless.
Woodrow Wilson: Palmer Raids, with some 6,000 opponents of US participation in WWI arrested.
Joe Biden: Harshly pressured social media to take down misleading posts about COVID.
Trump II: Masked thugs making sweeps and arbitrary arrests, indefinite detention. and a whole network of immigration prisons. Also had an FCC chairman threatening to take broadcasts off the air for news that displeased him.
(The author somewhat grudgingly acknowledged that putting pressure on social media is not quite as bad as mass arrests on political grounds. I wonder what she thinks of ICE).
Franklin Roosevelt: Made a serious threat to pack the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden: Appointed a commission to study proposals to pack the Supreme Court.
Trump II: Attempted to destroy the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Barrack Obama: Refrained from enforcing marijuana and immigration laws.
Joe Biden: Refrained from enforcing a TikTok ban that went into effect one day before he left office, when his successor made clear he wanted to have the chance make the decision.
Trump II: Shelved the Tik Tok ban altogether, even though the law is still on the books.
(And just for the record, none of these guys enforced marijuana bans).
George W. Bush: Signed a campaign finance law he admitted might be unconstitutional.
Joe Biden: Undertook action to forgive student loans, institute and eviction moratorium, and climate change action despite doubting his actions were constitutional, criticized the Supreme Court "in the most strident and partisan terms" when they struck down his actions.
Trump II: Unilaterally imposed tariffs and moved them around in a most arbitrary and capricious manner. Also criticized the Supreme Court in strident and partisan terms when they struck down his actions.
(Um, seriously, does the author think campaign finance was the worst thing Bush II did? Black sites? Torture memos? Warrantless surveillance? That all sounds a lot like Trump -- and not at all like Biden).
Donald Trump: Tried to overturn the election when he lost.
Joe Biden: "To his credit" did not try to overturn the election he lost, but did conceal his mental decline. And then there is the matter of his pardon of Hunter Biden and his attempt to declare the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution ratified.
Trump II: Attempting to rig the midterm elections.
Abraham Lincoln: Unilaterally suspended habeas corpus, ordered arrest of opponents in Congress and the media.
Joe Biden: Encouraged his Attorney General to indict Trump and taunted Trump when he was indicted.
Trump II: Pressured his Attorney General to indict at least three opponents and a Federal Reserve official. All attempts thrown out as baseless.
Woodrow Wilson: Palmer Raids, with some 6,000 opponents of US participation in WWI arrested.
Joe Biden: Harshly pressured social media to take down misleading posts about COVID.
Trump II: Masked thugs making sweeps and arbitrary arrests, indefinite detention. and a whole network of immigration prisons. Also had an FCC chairman threatening to take broadcasts off the air for news that displeased him.
(The author somewhat grudgingly acknowledged that putting pressure on social media is not quite as bad as mass arrests on political grounds. I wonder what she thinks of ICE).
Franklin Roosevelt: Made a serious threat to pack the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden: Appointed a commission to study proposals to pack the Supreme Court.
Trump II: Attempted to destroy the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Barrack Obama: Refrained from enforcing marijuana and immigration laws.
Joe Biden: Refrained from enforcing a TikTok ban that went into effect one day before he left office, when his successor made clear he wanted to have the chance make the decision.
Trump II: Shelved the Tik Tok ban altogether, even though the law is still on the books.
(And just for the record, none of these guys enforced marijuana bans).
George W. Bush: Signed a campaign finance law he admitted might be unconstitutional.
Joe Biden: Undertook action to forgive student loans, institute and eviction moratorium, and climate change action despite doubting his actions were constitutional, criticized the Supreme Court "in the most strident and partisan terms" when they struck down his actions.
Trump II: Unilaterally imposed tariffs and moved them around in a most arbitrary and capricious manner. Also criticized the Supreme Court in strident and partisan terms when they struck down his actions.
(Um, seriously, does the author think campaign finance was the worst thing Bush II did? Black sites? Torture memos? Warrantless surveillance? That all sounds a lot like Trump -- and not at all like Biden).
Donald Trump: Tried to overturn the election when he lost.
Joe Biden: "To his credit" did not try to overturn the election he lost, but did conceal his mental decline. And then there is the matter of his pardon of Hunter Biden and his attempt to declare the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution ratified.
Trump II: Attempting to rig the midterm elections.
(Plus, stay tuned).
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