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Johnny2X2X

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28. Biden fought tirelessly to prevent it

Wed May 14, 2025, 10:46 AM

May 2025

Allowed is a strong word. Did you allow it? Of course not, neither did I, we were powerless to stop it. Biden was powerless to stop it short of bombing Israel IMO. He threatned to withhold arms that he really couldn't withhold because Congress allocates that stuff. He used his bully pulpit to fight for the people there.

He did more to help than anyone on the planet, literally. So to say he "allowed" it, I take offense to.

People kept acting like "Biden as arming" Israel, he wasn't and he didn't, a President doesn't have that power, that power is Congress's and they voted to arm Israel. The same concept was at play when Trump illegally withheld Ukraine arms that Congress had allocated to them, it's part of what got Trump impeached the first time.

Are you saying that you expected Joe Biden to break the law?

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Biden fought tirelessly to prevent it Johnny2X2X May 2025 #28

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Are you fucking kidding me? N/T. AloeVera May 2025 #34

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I watched video of a few thousand people Mountainguy May 2025 #39

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I am asking you as a US citizen. Beastly Boy May 2025 #55

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