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The litmus test for Republican Party office seekers is becoming less driven by traditionally conservative values concerning fiscal policy and smaller government, and more about blind loyalty to Donald Trump. That is not an insult, but rather an observation. It is incredible that there are Republican Secretaries of State who have been censured by their state legislatures, just because they performed a duty of their job as required by law, and certified Joe Biden as the winner of their respective states. Whenever blind loyalty to one person supplants ideology for party membership, that group of people is more similar to a cult, than a political party. That is definitely cult-like behavior.Just stop. Trying to identify the Republican party as a cult is a weak attempt at insult.
He absolutely was.He accomplished more FOR Americans with a hostile congress and press than any other.... ever. I can only imagine what he could have done had he received any support at all, and that includes the R party.
Republicans held a majority in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate during Donald Trump's first two years in office from January of 2017 to January of 2019. The majority in the House was the largest Republican margin since 1928. Even then, Trump was unable to get key pieces of legislation through Congress which he had ran his presidential campaign around. The Affordable Care Act was not repealed and replaced as Trump had promised it would be, and Trump did not secure funding for his pet project (the border wall), and instead had to resort to pulling funds away from the Department of Defense which had already been earmarked for other projects.He absolutely was.He accomplished more FOR Americans with a hostile congress and press than any other.... ever. I can only imagine what he could have done had he received any support at all, and that includes the R party.
LOL! Trump could get federal judge nominations approved thanks to McConnell, and there was the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act... but there isn't much else to talk about, if you can be honest about Trump's record for a minute.Some that served with Reagan in his administration thought Trump was on that level of results.
He did more than you understandRepublicans held a majority in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate during Donald Trump's first two years in office from January of 2017 to January of 2019. The majority in the House was the largest Republican margin since 1928. Even then, Trump was unable to get key pieces of legislation through Congress which he had ran his presidential campaign around. The Affordable Care Act was not repealed and replaced as Trump had promised it would be, and Trump did not secure funding for his pet project (the border wall), and instead had to resort to pulling funds away from the Department of Defense which had already been earmarked for other projects.
The reality is, considerably more consequential bi-partisan legislation was passed during Bill Clinton's presidency (with Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House), then what was ever signed into law by Donald Trump.
... and you also had the 5 week Trump government shutdown (aka Trump's hissy fit) as a lasting part of his legacy as well. Trump got precious little accomplished.
You do a great job of making yourself look like an idiotSay it with me love: "Thanks Joe"
Lumber approaching $700 now.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/30/lum...t-in-june-biggest-monthly-drop-on-record.html
He did more than you understand
Right. He also signed several executive orders, which were all easily undone once Joe Biden took office. Trump's legacy boils down to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, his 3 Supreme Court appointments, and the hundreds of federal court seats he filled... and I'm not dismissive of what he did with the judiciary. It is significant in nature, but that's more the result of his good fortune in having a Republican-controlled Senate while he was President, than what can be accurately described as "accomplishments" of his.He did more than you understand
You hate Trump …. We all know it….. but you’re glossing over a lotRight. He also signed several executive orders, which were all easily undone once Joe Biden took office. Trump's legacy boils down to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, his 3 Supreme Court appointments, and the hundreds of federal court seats he filled... and I'm not dismissive of what he did with the judiciary. It is significant in nature, but that's more the result of his good fortune in having a Republican-controlled Senate while he was President, than what can be accurately described as "accomplishments" of his.
... now, aside from that? You really are just talking about a lot of bluster, empty promises (he was going to cut wasteful government spending too, remember?), and obnoxious tweets.
Record low unemployment for minorities, criminal justice reform, and slowing down the military industrial complex are some of the things you forgot.Right. He also signed several executive orders, which were all easily undone once Joe Biden took office. Trump's legacy boils down to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, his 3 Supreme Court appointments, and the hundreds of federal court seats he filled... and I'm not dismissive of what he did with the judiciary. It is significant in nature, but that's more the result of his good fortune in having a Republican-controlled Senate while he was President, than what can be accurately described as "accomplishments" of his.
... now, aside from that? You really are just talking about a lot of bluster, empty promises (he was going to cut wasteful government spending too, remember?), and obnoxious tweets.