Nobody was more executive action-happy than Barack Obama, but at least he waited until he lost the House and Senate before he started ruling by the “pen and phone.” Joe Biden has both chambers of Congress and he’s outpacing all of his predecessors in the executive order department. In fact, Biden has issued more EOs in his first five days than the previous 4 presidents did in their first weeks combined. By a lot.
Joe Biden ran on his claimed ability to work with Congress to pass meaningful legislation that would benefit the American people. To the surprise of no one, this was another lie. Biden hasn’t attempted to work with Congress on anything and the avalanche of executive orders he’s signed have benefited only transgender people and illegal aliens, while putting thousands of Americans out of work.
In his first 5 days, Biden has issued over 30 executive orders. By comparison, here’s what the previous presidents did in their first week:
Donald J. Trump – 4
Brack Obama – 5
George W. Bush – 2
Bill Clinton – 2
All of the presidents since 1993 issued 13 EOs versus 30 from Biden in 5 days.
And here are the totals for their entire presidencies:
Donald J. Trump – 220
Barack Obama – 276
George W. Bush – 291
Bill Clinton – 364
Thanks to some democratic party chicanery, Trump is the only 1-term president on that list, but he averaged about 1 executive order per week during his presidency. At Biden’s current pace, he will knock out 6,240 executive orders in his first 4 years. That’s assuming he makes it to the end of his term. In any case, Biden will pass Trump’s entire presidential output by early March.
We were told by democrats and the liberal media that Trump was a dictator for issuing so many executive orders. Those same people applaud Biden for issuing way more executive orders than the “dictator” who came before him.
Biden actually has a pretty sweet deal going. Anything he does the same or worse than Trump gets special treatment:
Trump snaps at the press and he’s “destroying the pillars of our democracy and endanger the lives of journalists.” Biden snaps at the press, on those rare occasions when he takes non-scripted questions, and he’s praised for his command of the media.
Trump issues a travel ban to stop the spread of COVID-19 and he’s “racist and xenophobic.” Biden issues a travel ban to stop the spread of COVID-19 and he’s taking decisive action to defeat the virus.
Trump develops a COVID-19 vaccine in record time and gets a million people a day vaccinated and his vaccine roll out is “chaotic.” Biden is given credit for developing the COVID-19 vaccine and continues Trump’s distribution plan that vaccinates a million people a day and “his plan” is praised as orderly and efficient.
Trump issues 4 executive orders in his first week and he is a dictator who is destroying our institutions and violating the Constitution. Biden issues 30 executive orders in his first 5 days and he’s a bold leader.
Joe Biden can’t remember where he is, who he’s married to, or if he is wearing pants. Chances are that, in his flurry of executive orders, he will start repeating things. Illegal aliens are going to get double-amnesty. Biological males will get doubly-forced into girl’s locker rooms. Energy sector workers will be fired twice, but for some reason only get one measly unemployment check.
Update:
Check out this video someone found:
Joe Biden: “You can’t [legislate] by executive order unless you’re a dictator.”pic.twitter.com/LrrRuDZ0NP
— Cassandra (@CassyWearsHeels) January 26, 2021
“I have this strange notion, we live in a democracy. Some of my Republican friends and some of my democratic friends even occasionally say ‘well, if you can’t get the votes by executive order, you’re gonna do something.’ Things you can’t do by executive order unless you’re a dictator,” said Biden.
Sure, what Biden said is a jumbled mess, but he does seem to believe legislating by executive order is what dictators do. At least that’s what he used to believe.
