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> suddenly it is a new problem when Trump does it.

Nope.

January 29, 2021: "Biden has taken heat from critics over his early reliance on executive action, with Republicans saying it betrays his vow to work with Congress on to build a consensus on issues."[0]

February 6, 2014: "Executive Order tyranny -- Obama plans to rule America with pen, phone"[1]

November 2, 2011: "Obama uses executive orders as a political tool"[2]

February 21, 2001: "The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives"[3]

[0] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-has-signed-40-executi...

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/executive-order-tyranny-obam...

[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/01/politics/obama-executive-...

[3] https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/the-use-an...

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2 Fox News and a heritage link?

The cnn is positive, only including a few negative quotes from republicans.

Just stop. No evidence presented will satisfy you. Right wing misinformation warfare has been going on since at least Rush Limbaugh.

The post you are responding to has effectively and accurately rebutted the post it is answering, which claimed that the media complaing about Trump's EOs is a new thing, despite having been done be prior presidents.

>The post you are responding to has effectively and accurately rebutted the post it is answering

Wrong.

>which claimed that the media complaing about Trump's EOs is a new thing, despite having been done be prior presidents.

Wrong. My complaint was that Trump is held to a double standard on executive orders, and this is true.

>Just stop. No evidence presented will satisfy you. Right wing misinformation

The irony. Good god. Maybe if you get your head out of your arse and accept you might be wrong on occasion you would see what is obvious to everyone across the planet, that the media holds Trump to a completely different standard.

Next thing you will claim that Israel isn't held to a different standard by the UN. Your claim is as obviously ridiculous as that.

You are alleging all sorts of things, and unlike the poster who responded to you, you bring no evidence.

Good day, sir.

drawkward you are one the inserting yourself in every trump thread you are not a part of.

Exactly. Fox News covered it a little bit. Whereas the media hasnt gone a day without this being the leading story since Trump was inaugurated.

Tearing down our government is somewhat newsworthy, imho.

> Fox News covered it a little bit.

Those were just the stories I could find in 5 minutes.

Also previous presidents didn't issue nearly as many EOs with nearly as controversial content which gives rather less for people to complain about (and yet they still did.)

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