r/PoursTea • u/Longjumping-Tell1774 • 13h ago

PoliticalTea šŸ—³ļø Republicans this morning

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u/Frudeska1 13h ago

Context?

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u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum 13h ago

He signed an EO to exempt Russia from the sanctions placed on them by Congress. It is clearly unconstitutional and is only benefiting Russia (who is an ally of Iran).

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u/Cold-Understanding92 13h ago

Question as a non-US person: do you think Trump has damaged the credibility of executive orders as an instrument of governance to the degree that a Democrat-controlled House would want to legislate to ban them?

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u/DigitalUnlimited 13h ago

we can only hope

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u/Original-Rush139 5h ago

Congress cant really ban them. Thereā€™s a separation of powers so the legislative branch cant tell the executive branch how to operate.Ā 

Weā€™d have to change the constitution to ban them.Ā 

It would be much easier for congress to impeach and remove Trump but thats never happening either.Ā 

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u/jdubyahyp 13h ago

FINALLY. Context. Thank you.

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u/Longjumping-Tell1774 13h ago

Trump overruled a bill passed by Congress to increase sanctions on Russia. The bill was named after Lindsey Graham. It was his dying wish to hit Russia harder. The bill also included further sanctions against Iran.

It makes absolutely fuck all sense to cancel it. And it definitely isnā€™t in the ā€œnational interestā€ as he has stated.

The word is that even Republicans are not happy their legislation has effectively been vetoed by Trump

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u/lolwlol 13h ago

Maybe they shouldnā€™t have written a mechanism in the law specifically to allow Trump to do this.

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u/drunken_therapist 13h ago

Wasnā€™t that in the constitution?

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u/ness_monster 11h ago

No the law was passed and Trump signed in a few weeks back. However, the law has a carve out for the president to be able to carve out exceptions.

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u/drunken_therapist 11h ago

Ahh. Got it. I assumed it was a law passed and he vetoed it, but assumed wrong. Thanks for the clarification.

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u/reigninspud 13h ago

Heā€™s been a Russian asset for a long time. Your general moron canā€™t retain info or donā€™t care. That story about him at a Russian hotel with prostitutes came out in the run up to 2016, I believe. People read or see this shit and then poof itā€™s gone. Flooding the zone and the speed with which news comes at us are factors but they donā€™t excuse it.

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u/FastActinTenactin 13h ago

Gesturing wildly at everything