• Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      36
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      2 months ago

      The problem ofc being that congress fights him tooth and nail for anything he wants done, but yeah… all his fault.

      • agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        He could have done what hes trying to do now three years ago. Why did he wait until there were LESS democrats in office before trying?

      • retrospectology@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        9
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        Not all his fault, but he definitely shares much of the blame, largely due to a lack of leadership on the topic.

        What the president can do in those situations is focus the discussion, he has the highest pulpit of any politician, he should’ve been using it to move the frame of discussion and shift party strategy to make court reform a stronger pillar of the party platform. When the president says something it gives other party members permission to hammer on an idea.

        Instead he lingered on his dusty, worthless notions of bipartisanship and “reaching across the aisle” and wasted all his political capital defending a genocide.