Trump got some devastating poll news, given his disdain for former President Joe Biden: a majority of Americans now say he's doing a worse job than Biden did.
    • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
      9·
      3 hours ago

      Don’t forget that GWB is one of the people responsible for the post-911 over-reaction that allowed all of this to happen. Both ICE and DHS were created under Bush. Extra-judicial torture was justified under Bush.

      None of this would be possible without him.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        2 hours ago

        Don’t forget that GWB is one of the people responsible for the post-911 over-reaction that allowed all of this to happen.

        True, true. But I could argue there was someone even more responsible than Bush…

        In 1995, Biden introduced the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act, which contained proposals that were later recycled into the 2001 Patriot Act.

        He also helped write the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which he argued was a precursor to the Patriot Act.