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[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Didn't uphold the 14th ammendment. That would have solved it all.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 24 points 4 hours ago

Well you didn't work hard at all on prosecuting traitors even after the supreme court handed you a golden ticket to do official acts so this mess is your fault bud. Take comfort that you won't have to live long with the consequences of your failures just like the rest of the geriatrics in your party that won't get the fuck out of the way.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 hours ago

Is he actually this stupid? He can't actually be this stupid, can he?

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago

Genocide geriatric Joe didn’t prevent a fascist accelerationist takeover of the US.

[–] AntOnARant@programming.dev 10 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Why all the hate for Biden? It’s trump and the republicans that have created this situation, isn’t it?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, because we had clear expectations for Biden when he was elected.

Close the inhumane border camps.

Deal with Covid.

Prosecute trump and his collaborators litany of crimes.

In the end, he went 0/3 on those. His legacy is one of shirked responsibility.

[–] Ruxias@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't "nothing will fundamentally change" what he said to the donors at a private event? Mission accomplished I guess....

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

No idea, I don't really give a fuck about a small quote without context said behind closed doors. I care about what issues were facing the nation, and what was done to solve them.

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 39 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Biden had so many chances to change the path we are on today. And he squandered every single one of them.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 hours ago

This. At the very least, he could have expanded the SC to 13 and named a bunch of new judges. But nah.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

He's an old fart that does things by the book and does them well with mostly good intentions from an outside perspective. He worked within those confines and got shit done in an adversarial environment. He didn't anticipate the fuck-the-book approach that is now allowing trump to flagrantly ignore the constitution.

Had he known he may have reoriented his strategies. But that's hindsight right? Also fuck him for preventing an actual primary and forcing Kamala on the ticket - that was a known bad approach even without hindsight.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 4 hours ago

He didn’t anticipate the fuck-the-book approach that is now allowing trump to flagrantly ignore the constitution

Trump was perfectly transparent about his intentions. If Biden didn't anticipate this he's incompetent and deserves every ounce of hate coming his way.

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

He ignored plenty of "by the book" ways to avoid our current situation. And he didn't anticipate the approach that Trump had used for the 4 years prior to his presidency? That just proves he's a terrible president.

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[–] MetalMachine 18 points 14 hours ago

Yeah he can eat shit. A genocidal war criminal both at home and abroad.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 37 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

You had the SCOTUS authorization (presidents can't do crimes if it's "party of their duties") to arrest Trump and make him go away, but instead we now live in the Fascist States of America. The GOP are domestic terrorists, but her, at least you can die sun knowing you played by the rules. Go to hell old man.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Exactly this. He is the reason why the us is in the shape that it is today, and is the reason why it will continue to regress in the next foreseeable future.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Yes, the 6-3 conservative SCROTUS totally would have supported Biden having Trump arrested. Only Republicans can do whatever they want.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

The Chad move was to arrest the SCOTUS as soon as the ruling came down.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So move faster than they can stop him. Trump has shown how effective disappearing people without due process can be. The Supreme Court can't resurrect the dead as far as I'm aware.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They said "arrested," not "killed." I agree that an assassination would have been a good way for Biden to sacrifice himself for his country.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Other events can follow an arrest.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not like they could stop him…

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

"We determined Biden is not immune from prosecution for this act." Congress would impeach and easily pass it since Democrats don't worship him, Harris becomes president, Trump is convicted and no punishment happens, Trump is elected president.

Now, if he did something permanent like have him assassinated, that would have made the world a better place and could not have been reversed.

when he's sad, he thinks about all the babies in Gaza he murdered, then he feels better

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 40 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck off, Joe. Nobody wants to listen to you anymore. Thanks again for giving us Trump 2.0 you senile, vain, self-centered piece of shit.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

Joe clung to impotent “power” long enough to give Harris just 107 days to overthrow the most famous person in the world Donald Trump. Did not go well.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 27 points 19 hours ago

The genocide that he worked hard to not only fund but to also shield from both domestic dissent and international intervention seems to still be going strong. So Biden's work wasn't all for naught.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 78 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

no you didn't, dumbass. we knew this was coming and you did nothing to prevent it.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 63 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Why didn't you aggressively pursue the criminal terrorist known as Taco when you could do something about it?

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[–] vala@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago
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