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> Obama promised to do this! he didn't do it! True, but important to know that Republican congress stopped every attempt he made. He still got the number of pr
by xnx 2y ago
> Obama promised to do this! he didn't do it!
True, but important to know that Republican congress stopped every attempt he made. He still got the number of prisoners down from 242 to 55.
- croes 2y agoDidn’t some Democrats help stopping?
- i80and 2y agoThe EO was signed in 2009. The 2009-2011 Congress was Democratically controlled.
- alabastervlog 2y ago"Close our terrible and unnecessary human rights black hole" was, sadly, too far "left" for a bunch of Democrats, and of course Republicans love that kind of stuff, so they weren't going to help.
- femiagbabiaka 2y agoThis trend of: > Democrats fail to do something > it's because they universally wanted to but were obstructed. Doesn't really work in a post-Trump era. They could've done whatever they wanted to, if they were willing to try.