Biden confronts a 'pissed-off generation' of young voters who may be decisive in 2024

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Biden confronts a 'pissed-off generation' of young voters who may be decisive in 2024 - LemmyWorld

Biden has done absolutely nothing to improve my QOL.

This is not an endorsement of the GOP.

Is that really the fault of Biden though? His first two years were held hostage by Manchin and Sinema and now he no longer has a majority in the house. The president can only sign bills into law not make them out of thin air. I am not a huge Biden fan as I think he is too old to lead but I think he has done ok under the conditions he has.

Instead of spending 4 years saying we can’t do anything, maybe he should have taken a page out of trumps book and churned out so many executive orders the Republicans couldn’t keep up with trying to fight them all.

Maybe he could have used his influence to empower local political efforts where impact can be more powerful.

There’s plenty of things that could be done, but we excuse inaction.

Trump honestly barely got anything done during his presidency, most of his executive orders were struck down. What he did get done (Supreme Court justices and tax cuts) was just what literally any Republican with a majority in Congress would have done. Biden has gotten more actual legislation passed than Trump did, and his attempt to legislate by executive order (student loan forgiveness) was as ineffective as Trump’s attempts.
A lot of trump’s executive orders got headlines for being struck down once, and then way less coverage when they tweaked them slightly and got them approved