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>But it seems like the sunsetting of those sections received very very little coverage Because the left didn't want to bring attention to something good that T

>But it seems like the sunsetting of those sections received very very little coverage Because the left didn't want to bring attention to something good that Trump did, and neither did the neocons on the right. Only the libertarian wing of the right and the privacy advocate wing of the left cared to talk about it.

tw04 5y ago
Ya... No. The Patriot act didn't make it out of Congress. It had literally nothing to do with Trump, the Democrats shot it down long before it got anywhere near him. https://archive.md/tBIHY https://archive.md/tBIHY
- mardifoufs 5y ago
  I'm not sure that's accurate at all. I agree that Trump isn't really to credit since he also pushed for another (earlier) surveillance bill but in this case it's very clear that his veto was crucial to block an extension of the sections. Your article is from march 2020 and while it does mention the house dems/senate GOP agreeing on a new bill, the Trump's veto threat came in 2 months later. >House Democrats scrapped a vote to reauthorize national security surveillance authorities that have been expired since March after Republicans revolted from the measure following tweets from President Donald Trump urging them to oppose it. [...] >Pelosi charged at a news conference Thursday that Republican support for the bill "disappeared by a tweet -- the twinkle of a tweet." [...] >Trump issued a veto threat over Twitter Wednesday after telling Republicans to vote against it, and he celebrated the bill's failure in the House on Thursday. source: https://cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/27/politics/house-vote-fisa/index.html https://cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/27/politics/house-vote-fisa/inde...
- busymom0 5y ago
  > It had literally nothing to do with Trump, the Democrats shot it down long before it got anywhere near him. This isn't accurate at all and your link is outdated. Give the man some credit where it's due. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/fisa-bill-house-withdraws-surveillance-legislation-amid-trump-veto-threat.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/fisa-bill-house-withdraws-su... > House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced he would pull the legislation Thursday morning after the chamber failed to pass it on Wednesday. As the House considered the measure Wednesday, President Donald Trump pledged to veto it. > "At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act," Hoyer said in a written statement. "The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now. I am told they are doing so at the request of the President. I believe this to be against the security interest of the United States and the safety of the American people." He threatened the veto because of how FISA was used by Obama admin to spy on his campaign.

tw04 5y ago

Ya... No. The Patriot act didn't make it out of Congress. It had literally nothing to do with Trump, the Democrats shot it down long before it got anywhere near him. https://archive.md/tBIHY https://archive.md/tBIHY

mardifoufs 5y ago
I'm not sure that's accurate at all. I agree that Trump isn't really to credit since he also pushed for another (earlier) surveillance bill but in this case it's very clear that his veto was crucial to block an extension of the sections. Your article is from march 2020 and while it does mention the house dems/senate GOP agreeing on a new bill, the Trump's veto threat came in 2 months later. >House Democrats scrapped a vote to reauthorize national security surveillance authorities that have been expired since March after Republicans revolted from the measure following tweets from President Donald Trump urging them to oppose it. [...] >Pelosi charged at a news conference Thursday that Republican support for the bill "disappeared by a tweet -- the twinkle of a tweet." [...] >Trump issued a veto threat over Twitter Wednesday after telling Republicans to vote against it, and he celebrated the bill's failure in the House on Thursday. source: https://cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/27/politics/house-vote-fisa/index.html https://cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/27/politics/house-vote-fisa/inde...
busymom0 5y ago
> It had literally nothing to do with Trump, the Democrats shot it down long before it got anywhere near him. This isn't accurate at all and your link is outdated. Give the man some credit where it's due. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/fisa-bill-house-withdraws-surveillance-legislation-amid-trump-veto-threat.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/fisa-bill-house-withdraws-su... > House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced he would pull the legislation Thursday morning after the chamber failed to pass it on Wednesday. As the House considered the measure Wednesday, President Donald Trump pledged to veto it. > "At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act," Hoyer said in a written statement. "The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now. I am told they are doing so at the request of the President. I believe this to be against the security interest of the United States and the safety of the American people." He threatened the veto because of how FISA was used by Obama admin to spy on his campaign.