Quelle horreur—Barack Obama is improper about one thing Donald Trump did!
At a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris this week, the previous president criticized Trump for signing the pandemic-era stimulus checks that went out to Individuals.
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President Obama: I hear some of us say, ‘Well Donald Trump sent me a check during the pandemic.’ Joe Biden despatched you a verify through the pandemic similar to I gave folks reduction through the Nice Recession. The factor is we did not put our title on it as a result of it wasn’t about feeding our… pic.twitter.com/UQ9AjihdhE
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 24, 2024
The factor is: Trump was proper to signal these checks, and Obama and President Joe Biden had been improper.
What Democrats see as “feeding his ego” is definitely savvy advertising so that individuals know 1) the federal government is searching for them, and a couple of) who in authorities is searching for them.
There’s an absolute disconnect between what the federal government does for folks, and the way folks understand that. Bear in mind the notorious tea occasion protester with the “Goverment keep your hands of my Medicare” signal?
Folks haven’t any clue what the federal government does, the way it works, or the way it serves them … even after they’re getting checks from the federal government.
I’ve actually seen social media posts from low-information folks (together with folks of colour) arguing that Trump despatched them cash, so why didn’t Biden? And naturally, the Biden administration did ship out COVID reduction checks, however had the Treasury secretary signal them due to some high-minded idealism that actually is a disservice to American voters.
We additionally see this in the best way Republicans vote towards laws and shamelessly take credit score for any ensuing spending of their districts.
The most recent is South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, who’s crowing a few main infrastructure venture she voted towards.
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We helped safe $195 million—the most important grant in South Carolina’s historical past from the U.S. Division of Transportation—to kick off the Lengthy Level Highway Interchange Venture! #LowcountryFirsthttps://t.co/PBYdxFppGp
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) October 22, 2024
“We helped secure $195 million,” Mace brags, when she actually voted towards the 2021 Infrastructure Funding and Jobs Act. She didn’t “help” safe it—she tried to sabotage and eradicate it. However authorities spending is fashionable! So she’s working onerous to assert credit score for one thing she opposed. And voters do not know what to imagine, in order that they go together with it.
You recognize these indicators round street building zones that say “Your tax dollars at work”?
What if these indicators listed the names of the politicians made the venture occur for native constituents? So within the case of this main interchange venture in Mace’s district, the signal would record PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN—and nobody else.
An identical venture in Boston might need Biden’s title, together with Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch—the state and native Democrats who voted in favor of the invoice.
First, it will incentivize elected officers to vote for tasks which might be fashionable of their districts and kneecap any performative efforts to chop authorities spending. And second, it will inform voters in regards to the people who really helped make that venture attainable. You want that new bridge on the town? Thank the individuals who voted to make it occur, not the grifters and parasites who take credit score for one thing they did every thing to sabotage.
So let’s cease pretending that taking credit score for the great work our authorities does is someway unseemly and shameful. There isn’t a advantage in shunning credit score for a president’s accomplishments, or a Congress’ achievements. The higher we model our authorities, the higher it’ll be for Democrats (who’re the occasion of presidency), and the higher it’ll be for good authorities coverage.
