Posted on 11/15/2022 1:52:27 PM PST by logician2u
By James Bovard November 14, 2022 7:13pm Updated
President Biden tweeted this afternoon, “The recent elections made an emphatic statement that in America, the will of the people prevails.”
But was it the will of Millennials and Gen-Z voters to be bamboozled by Team Biden and the Democratic Party?
Hopes for a red wave of Republican victories on Election Day were shattered by the 28% advantage that voters in the 18-29 age group delivered to Democratic candidates. Two days after the election, Biden tweeted, “I want to thank the young people of this nation” who voted for “student debt relief.” Jon Cooper, a former top Biden campaign operative, tweeted, “Young people: You saved our butts. THANK YOU.”
Legions of young voters were energized to support Democrats by Biden’s Aug. 24 announcement that he was forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt per person, which would cost taxpayers $400 billion-plus.
While the votes that 20-somethings delivered last Tuesday are irrevocable, Biden’s student debt relief is contingent on federal court approval. And his bailout is being shot to pieces in courtrooms across the nation.
Two days after the election, federal judge Mark Pittman struck down the bailout as an unconstitutional decree: “In this country, we are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone. Instead, we are ruled by a Constitution that provides for three distinct and independent branches of government.” Pittman rejected the “emergency” basis of the order in part because Biden had proclaimed on “60 Minutes” that “the pandemic is over.”
Democrats responded by vilifying Judge Pittman. Sen. Elizabeth Warren denounced the “lawless ruling from a Trump-appointed judge.” So any judge who doesn’t recognize that presidents are entitled to boundless power is “lawless”?
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Actually, it was the best of all BRIBES.
1. He didn’t have to pay it off.
2. He couldn’t be blamed for the attempted bribe.
3. It got the desired results.
Easy. Peasy.
Yet another reason why democracy should be outlawed. I am sick of idiots having a say over my life.
Color me surprised
It is claimed that 70% of single women who cast ballots did so for democrats, and it was supposed to be due to abortion. Truth be told, it was probably over the student debt cancellation.
Now, there is no student debt cancellation, only massive layoffs coming down.
That’s RIGHT!
You are only entitled to boundless power if your are a Democrat!
It always amazes me when members of Congress don’t jealously fight against an executive that usurpes legislative power.
SMH blaming the few that actually voted says a lot more about the state of the GOP... trying to find any scape goat for their failure...
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