The Sad Cognitive Decline of a President
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I remain unconvinced that the response to 'One of our Presidential candidates is senile' being 'Yeah? Well so is the other one!' actually makes anything better.
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Oops. Doesn't work that way. Maybe President Trump needs a lesson in how government works or maybe he is just confused.
Rep. Chip Roy (R) from Texas
"I saw former President Trump make that allegation earlier today on one of his social media posts. 'All the president has to do is declare the borders closed and it's closed.' Well, with all due respect, that didn't happen in 2017, 18, 19, and 20. There were millions of people who came into the United States during those four years."
Rep. Crenshaw (R) from Texas
"Why didn't Trump just shut down the border if you just think we don't need any changes to law?" Crenshaw asked.
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Uh, Biden killed Trump's EO'S, walked away from any border wall, tried to put border agents in jail for simply riding a horse, and the list goes on.
Not to mention I remember the fight Trump had to implement any strengthening of the border.
To be brutally honest, if the Biden Administration would just enforce much of the border law on the books, the border could close tomorrow.
If you want your preferred party to run on the positive border record, that's a political fight the GOP would absolutely relish...
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@Jolly You misinterpret my post. It was not about whether or not the border policy under President Trump/Biden was correct or incorrect. It was simply about President Trumps confusion on the ability of the President to act on his own to shut down the border.
Maybe he can do so, but there are at least two Republic congressmen who do not think so. Maybe they are wrong.
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@taiwan_girl said in The Sad Cognitive Decline of a President:
@Jolly You misinterpret my post. It was not about whether or not the border policy under President Trump/Biden was correct or incorrect. It was simply about President Trumps confusion on the ability of the President to act on his own to shut down the border.
Maybe he can do so, but there are at least two Republic congressmen who do not think so. Maybe they are wrong.
But as Jolly posted, Trump’s EOs had MOSTLY shut the border down.
The counter is that he did have trouble getting his desired bills through Congress, but that really is a separate issue. Trump essentially did shut the border without Congressional approval.
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Today's VDH piece:
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/08/the-absurd-democrat-border-con/
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@LuFins-Dad said in The Sad Cognitive Decline of a President:
Trump’s EOs had MOSTLY shut the border down.
President Trump #'s appear similar to President Obama #'s. Not sure I see where he "closed the border"
(Yes, obviously compared to what has happened the last 3 years for sure.)
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Detainees are only one part of the equation…
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I am not sure what you mean? Do you mean the number that were allowed into the country ultimately?
Here is another graph showing "encounters" will illegal immigrants, which appears to be similar. The # of illegals detained or encountered by Border Patrol did not change much from President Obama to President Trump.
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Say, @LuFins-Dad , what’s your preferred metric for border crossing, and what would constitute a passing grade using your preferred metric?
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@Axtremus said in The Sad Cognitive Decline of a President:
what’s your preferred metric for border crossing, and what would constitute a passing grade using your preferred metric?
The number of people crossing the border, legal and illegal.
Illegal, zero
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(Not sure if this is part of his cognitive decline or he is lying or maybe a combination of both)
Not too long ago
Gov DeSantis is a "DeSaster"
"very average republican governor with great public relations"
regretted endorsing Gov. DeSantis in 2018Now
really terrific person
very solid
on my list to be VP
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Neither. It’s the art of the con at
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When you have lost Fox News..................
During a broadcast of Donald Trump's speech at a "Get Out the Vote" rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Friday evening, Fox News host Neil Cavuto cut into the footage to point out inaccuracies in what was being said by the former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner.
Taking issue with Trump claiming credit for the market going up while, in the same breath, blaming Biden for inflated gas prices and whatever else, Cavuto said, "We'll continue monitoring the president's remarks and I mean no offense to him or some of you who might want to continue to hear him, but I did have to say that even though the former president is entitled to his opinions, he's not entitled to his own set of facts."
Making mention of the fact that the market is indeed going up, but that it has nothing to do with Trump, Cavuto went on to shoot down his claim that gas prices are at $6 a gallon, sourcing the real price as being an average of $3.26 a gallon.
Ending on Trump's usual song and dance about the 2020 election being stolen from him, Cavuto reminded viewers that the issue has been investigated by everyone and their uncle, even by some judges appointed by Trump himself, and that there's been no evidence found to back his claim on that.
