@anthonyzenkus
Liberals on twitter are blaming Trump for weakening food safety inspections, leading to the Boar's Head lysteria outbreak which has claimed 8 lives so far. They are correct, however, not one of them has even questioned why Biden didn't fix this problem when he could have.
- Trump weakened safety inspections by ordering the USDA to change the way food inspections were done. Food processors were allowed to inspect themselves and report back to the USDA, a disaster in the making.
- Trump was able to do this as the executive branch has broad powers over how regulatory agencies enforce the law
- Biden had the same power to order the USDA to resume proper inspections on Day 1. He did not
- He wouldn't have needed Congress to do that, as I pointed out, Trump weakened the regulations using executive power and Biden could have fixed them the same way. Even if Congress was a question, which it wasn't, Dems held the majority in both houses at the time. Again, it didn't matter because changing USDA practices is something presidents can do.
- Some liberals on Twitter/X have used the SCOTUS Chevron decision as an excuse for Biden not acting on food inspections. Chevron wouldn't pertain to having the agency resume proper inspections. and even if it did, Chevron didn't happen until this summer- Biden has been president for 3.5 years.
This represents the bigger problem with Democrats in a nutshell. Republicans do something awful, Democrats have the power to change or fix it and decide not to.
I've heard all sorts of excuses on this. "Biden was handling the pandemic", or "he was cleaning up Trump's mess". Handling the pandemic doesn't preclude a president from ordering USDA to resume proper inspections. And if cleaning up "Trump's mess" doesn't include making sure our food doesn't poison us, what does??
The lockstep liberals are never willing to hold Democrats accountable. Dems don't use their power when they have it, and their supporters make tons of excuses as to why they can't do a certain thing.
Fixing the problems that Republicans create is the mantra Dems use to get elected. But then they never fix them and liberal supporters throw their hands up saying "but what could we do?"
Some liberals on this platform suggested that if Biden ordered USDA to fix the problem, Republicans would have obstructed. Again, Congress isn't needed for a president to change the way inspections are done. Again, Democrats had a majority. But this is the real problem: are liberals saying that a threat of republican blow back means Democrats shouldnt act? This is ridiculous on its face. Trump didn't worry about Democrats pushback when he deregulated, but Democrats can't do the right thing because "maybe Republicans would pushback"? smdh
Maybe the Democrats in the Congress were okay with the changes. Maybe Biden-Harris didn't want to fix it in the first place.
All we know is that Biden-Harris didn't act when they could have, and now people are sick and some have died. Blame Trump, but don't you dare ask why Dems didn't fix it.
This is the same thing that happened with the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Trump deregulation contributed to that disaster - But Biden had been in office for 2 years when it happened and hadn't fixed those regulatory issues. He hadn't even tried.
They still haven't. They are leaving it up to Congress. Every chance they get, Democrats, especially Biden-Harris, abdicate their responsibility and just blame the Republicans for being terrible and obstructing.
They do the same thing on abortion. Yes, the overturning of Roe V Wade is a disaster, but why won't Biden-Harris open up abortion clinics on federal lands? It's within their power to do so, but they won't do it. Better to just blame Republicans and not even try to fix the problem
When it comes down to it, Dems don't even try.
This is why the two party system is a farce.
This is why I'm voting for Jill Stein.
Source: https://x.com/anthonyzenkus/status/1829278914445021555