{"id":50034,"date":"2021-01-27T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=50034"},"modified":"2021-01-27T19:41:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:41:55","slug":"flashback-biden-said-you-cant-legislate-by-executive-orders-unless-youre-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=50034","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Biden Said \u2018You Can\u2019t Legislate By Executive Orders Unless You\u2019re A Dictator\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cI have this strange notion. We are a democracy.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50035\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50035\" class=\"wp-image-50035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-11.33.14-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-11.33.14-am.png 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-11.33.14-am-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-11.33.14-am-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<p><strong>This video from the 15th October 2020 speaks for itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a town hall broadcast by ABC News just over a fortnight before the election, Joe Biden was discussing his tax proposals when he declared that in order to see them implemented he would need votes and approval from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have this strange notion. We are a democracy,\u201d Biden sardonically declared, pointing out that \u201cSome of my Republican friends, and some of my Democratic friends occasionally say \u2018well if you can\u2019t get the votes, by executive order you\u2019re going to do something&#8217;\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t do it by executive order, unless you\u2019re a dictator,\u201d Biden declared, adding \u201cWe\u2019re a democracy, we need consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.air.tv\/v1\/iframe\/LRLypMB2QKmW4qF9d1m-cQ?organization=PKe-NG0GS7ChK2-1J2ebPw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to the first day of Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The guy implemented NINETEEN executive actions.<\/p>\n<p>Before the first week of his presidency was over, Biden had signed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/25\/politics\/biden-executive-orders-day-six\/index.html\">THIRTY-<del datetime=\"2021-01-27T11:05:46+00:00\">THREE<\/del>SEVEN executive actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the apparent fact that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/hot-mic-biden-says-i-dont-know-what-im-signing-signs-executive-order-anyway\/\">Biden doesn\u2019t even know what he\u2019s signing<\/a>, he has already put pen to paper on more than three times as many orders as the previous four Presidents COMBINED.<\/p>\n<p>In their first weeks\u00a0Trump\u00a0signed\u00a0four, Obama signed five, George W. Bush signed none, and Bill Clinton\u00a0signed\u00a0one.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, no other President has ever signed as many orders as Biden,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/app-categories\/written-presidential-orders\/presidential\/executive-orders\">according to<\/a>\u00a0The American Presidency Project at the University of California Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>So, Joe\u2026 In your own words, what does that make you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1354180471446528001&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F01%2F27%2Fflashback-biden-said-you-cant-legislate-by-executive-orders-unless-youre-a-dictator%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1354180471446528001\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h6>Key Biden executive actions<\/h6>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SUBJECT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>TYPE OF ACTION<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DATE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Re-engage with World Health Organization<\/td>\n<td>End withdrawal process<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Create position of COVID-19 response coordinator<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-organizing-and-mobilizing-united-states-government-to-provide-unified-and-effective-response-to-combat-covid-19-and-to-provide-united-states-leadership-on-global-health-and-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rejoin Paris climate agreement<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/01\/20\/paris-climate-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign an \u201cinstrument\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Revoke permit for Keystone XL pipeline, pause energy leasing in ANWR<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-protecting-public-health-and-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-climate-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ask agencies to extend eviction\/foreclosure moratoriums<\/td>\n<td>Request<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ask Education Dept. to extend student-loan pause<\/td>\n<td>Request<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Launch an initiative to advance racial equity, end \u201c1776 Commission\u201d<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Revoke order that aims to exclude undocumented immigrants from census<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-ensuring-a-lawful-and-accurate-enumeration-and-apportionment-pursuant-to-decennial-census\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Preserve\/fortify DACA, which helps \u201cDreamers\u201d<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/preserving-and-fortifying-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Require masks\/distancing on all federal property and by federal workers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-organizing-and-mobilizing-united-states-government-to-provide-unified-and-effective-response-to-combat-covid-19-and-to-provide-united-states-leadership-on-global-health-and-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reverse travel ban targeting primarily Muslim countries<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stop construction of border wall<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proclamation<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Require ethics pledge for executive-branch personnel<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-ethic-commitments-by-executive-branch-personnel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive orde<\/a>r<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Modernize and improve regulatory review<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/modernizing-regulatory-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>End \u201charsh and extreme immigration enforcement\u201d<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-the-revision-of-civil-immigration-enforcement-policies-and-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Extend protection from deportation for Liberians in U.S.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/reinstating-deferred-enforced-departure-for-liberians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Revoke certain executive orders concerning federal regulation<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-revocation-of-certain-executive-orders-concerning-federal-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Freeze any new or pending regulations<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/regulatory-freeze-pending-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fill supply shortfalls in fight vs. COVID-19 with Defense Production Act, other measures<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-a-sustainable-public-health-supply-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Increase FEMA reimbursement to states for National Guard, PPE<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/extend-federal-support-to-governors-use-of-national-guard-to-respond-to-covid-19-and-to-increase-reimbursement-and-other-assistance-provided-to-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Establish \u201cCOVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board,\u201d expand testing<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-establishing-the-covid-19-pandemic-testing-board-and-ensuring-a-sustainable-public-health-workforce-for-covid-19-and-other-biological-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bolster access to COVID-19 treatments and clinical care<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-improving-and-expanding-access-to-care-and-treatments-for-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Improve collection\/analysis of COVID-related data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-ensuring-a-data-driven-response-to-covid-19-and-future-high-consequence-public-health-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mount vaccination campaign amid goals such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/biden-pledges-100-million-vaccine-shots-in-100-days-to-fight-covid-11607455764?mod=article_inline\">100 million shots in 100 days<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Directives<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Provide guidance on safely reopening schools<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-supporting-the-reopening-and-continuing-operation-of-schools-and-early-childhood-education-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OSHA guidance for keeping workers safe from COVID-19<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-protecting-worker-health-and-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Require face masks at airports, other modes of transportation<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-promoting-covid-19-safety-in-domestic-and-international-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Establish a \u201cCOVID-19 Health Equity Task Force\u201d<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/21\/executive-order-ensuring-an-equitable-pandemic-response-and-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support international response to COVID-19, \u201crestore U.S. global leadership\u201d<\/td>\n<td>Directive<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ask agencies to boost food aid, improve delivery of stimulus checks<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/22\/executive-order-economic-relief-related-to-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Restore collective bargaining power for federal workers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/22\/executive-order-protecting-the-federal-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive order<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jan. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Repeal ban on transgender people serving openly in U.S. military<\/td>\n<td>Executive order<\/td>\n<td>Jan. 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tighten \u2018Buy American\u2019 rules in government procurement<\/td>\n<td>Executive order<\/td>\n<td>Expected Jan. 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/01\/27\/flashback-biden-said-you-cant-legislate-by-executive-orders-unless-youre-a-dictator\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/01\/27\/flashback-biden-said-you-cant-legislate-by-executive-orders-unless-youre-a-dictator\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI have this strange notion. We are a democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}