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Exactly. Congress doesn’t want any of their duties. War declaration? Nah, let the President do it and call it “not a war.” Budget? Well, technically we’ll appro
by xp84 2y ago
Exactly. Congress doesn’t want any of their duties. War declaration? Nah, let the President do it and call it “not a war.” Budget? Well, technically we’ll appropriate funds, but we’ll only do a big CR once in a while. Tariff policy? Nah, let the President do it all with the “national security” loophole, no matter how absurd. Impeachment and removal? Well, not when it’s your party’s guy.
For all the hate Trump gets, it’s Congress who’s created and who props up this monarchy.
- vkou 2y agoExcept that this Congress was hand-picked by him, since he purged anyone who would push back.
- sokoloff 2y agoCould you point to say 3 concrete examples where he purged a legislative candidate or removed an elected legislator?
- DFHippie 2y agoI believe "purged" here means primaried or threatened to primary. I'm sure you know of certain famous examples. Here are some recent headlines: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/republican-rep-defends-position-as-trump-pushes-for-primary-challenge https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-... https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/politics/cornyn-texas-senate-primary https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/politics/cornyn-texas-senate-... This list will contain more examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign#Former_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_oppose...