Posted on 08/09/2020 3:09:18 PM PDT by maggief
Sunday on MSNBC, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called President Donald Trump’s executive orders addressing the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic a “stunt.”
Clinton said, “It’s a stunt. There’s no doubt about it. Most likely, as even Republican senators have said, unconstitutional, bypassing Congress, trying to spend money, he has no authority to direct. But it’s also meant to be a big diversion from the hard work the Congress should be engaged in to provide the kind of relief that tens of millions of Americans need. We are still in the midst of this pandemic. Sadly, we didn’t take the steps for long enough to try to bend the curve, except in a few places around the country, so we’re still coping with it. And we can’t act like it is back to normal. People are still unemployed in great numbers. Small businesses have been shuttered, are gasping for help. so the Congress needs to act.”
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I was thinking the same exact thing. Just didn't know how to get it past the moderators. :-)
hillary has always been a country gal
Dems are worried and this shows it.
Trump trying to get some relief beats Democrats holding relief hostage to other goals.
"I am going to be working with Congress where I can to accomplish this, but I am also going to act on my own if Congress is deadlocked," he said at an education event at the White House on Thursday. "I've got a pen to take executive actions where Congress won't, and I've got a telephone to rally folks around the country on this mission."
But using these powers is nothing new for this president — or others for that matter, according to John Woolley, a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, and co-director of the Presidency Project.
"He's by no means the first president to make a public point of the fact that he's doing that, and it's not the first time he's done it," Woolley says.
Two years ago, the Obama administration had what it called the We Can't Wait initiative, which also relied on administrative actions. But generally speaking, Woolley says, presidents would rather have Congress pass their ideas into law than use executive orders or other similar actions.
"Presidents use it, and have often used it effectively, but it's not as powerful as legislation," he says.
And, she has a picture of Web’s daughter behind her.
she gonna be the nominee. lol
She should go vacation in Wisconsin and Michigan.
too fat
too lazy
too self absorbed
grandkids think she smells like cabbage, urine and farts
Hillary escaping prison is a *unt.
As opposed to the 2-3 trillion dollar proposal by the democrats to fund a leftist wish list that has little to nothing to do with the China virus............
Every day I thank God she is not President. Every day.
Talk about someone who CAN’T accept election results this woman has that election in her brain 24/7, they all made fun of Trump, she thought she had the damn thing rapped up!! OMG that night was the absolute best night EVER!!!
Yep, cunning stunt Hildebeast.
You bet your giant butt, Hillary. Very snide and shrewd of you to mention it.
“she gonna be the nominee. lol”
The nominations ain’t over yet. ;o)
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