The president used the term to describe Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan who crossed the border into the U.S. and has been charged with the murder of Laken Riley.
That, what you said, is a completely fair statement. Let me expand on it. Here’s a pretty solid summary of what was in the original bill. Here’s what actually passed. They are both, sadly, fucking tragically, too little, and absolutely unforgivably late. But, blaming that aspect of it on Biden specifically, when he just got here and started immediately fighting to get something unprecedented in American climate action to start happening the instant he got in, seems unfair. As does shifting the conversation away from “how much is this gonna do” and towards “does this involve giving money to oil companies” or similar focus-grouped talking points, blaming him for not doing more, and saying he’s just the same as the people who stopped him from doing it.
That, what you said, is a completely fair statement. Let me expand on it. Here’s a pretty solid summary of what was in the original bill. Here’s what actually passed. They are both, sadly, fucking tragically, too little, and absolutely unforgivably late. But, blaming that aspect of it on Biden specifically, when he just got here and started immediately fighting to get something unprecedented in American climate action to start happening the instant he got in, seems unfair. As does shifting the conversation away from “how much is this gonna do” and towards “does this involve giving money to oil companies” or similar focus-grouped talking points, blaming him for not doing more, and saying he’s just the same as the people who stopped him from doing it.