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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (24 children)

President Joe Biden previously endorsed the border provisions, and while Trump and other Republicans have called it too weak, the bill would have marked a tough change to immigration law and would have given the president far-reaching powers to restrict illegal migrant crossings at the southern border.

The White House and top Democrats have discussed taking more action on the border ahead of the first presidential debate next month, CNN previously reported. Those plans, intended to strengthen the party’s hand on a critical campaign issue ahead of the 2024 election, also potentially include a sweeping executive order limiting migrants’ ability to seek asylum, sources have told CNN.

Biden's getting protested by his own party for acting too much like Republicans...

So now Dems are going to act even more like Republicans? We can't address real problems, but we're working with republicans on "border security"?

If Dem voters always "vote blue no matter who" then the party is going to keep moving right under the misguided idea that trump voters will vote for Biden.

I truly wish it didn't take abstaining from the vote to get the message across, I don't even know if that will work honestly. But it's clear they don't give a fuck about protests when they're in power to do something.

I've watched the party pull to the right for 30 years now. Shutting up and voting for the lesser of two evils isn't sustainable long term. The party needs to move back to the left, but they never will if we keep blindly voting for Dems that agree with Republicans on this stupid shit.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Ma dude, you're just ranting in this thread and not making much of a coherent argument or thought in context with the article. Politics is shitty. We get it.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

That's his schtick. He shows up in threads wanting politics to "be better"... By shitting on the only viable alternative to the fascism Republicans have to offer.

When Republicans are outright saying they want Trump to be above the law, there's no reason to shit talk Biden on anything unless GOP fascism is your end goal. All such action does is create division and apathy.

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

there's no reason to shit talk Biden on anything

Trump could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, Biden could do a genocide on your Instagram feed.

You know, I didn't support Democrats because I like the color blue. I used to think there was a difference.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

"Both sides!"

Any opinion that equates Democrats and Republicans can safely be discarded.

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