Our country has a long history of Presidents signing executive orders to dictate the direction of our country. Most notably FDR signed 3728 executive orders in his 12 years in office. The second most was by George Washington at 2553. But in my lifetime, since 1979, the highest number was 381 by Reagan and 364 by Clinton. The lowest number was 166 by George H.W. Bush. These orders are issued using the stroke of a pen to push through policy that may or may not be able to get voted into law by congress. Donald Trump signed seven executive orders from the time of his inauguration on Jan 20, 2017 until the end of that month. Obama signed nine in the same timeframe. Bush and Clinton both signed two. Our new President Joe Biden while on the campaign trail was quoted as saying "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 going to do something." Things you can't do by executive order unless you're a dictator. We're a democracy. We need consensus." He was discussing the possibility of signing an executive order to raise taxes on the rich but the one statement that stand out here is "Things you can't do by executive order unless you're a dictator". Why does this stand out? The answer is easily found, from Jan 20 through the end of the month Joe Biden signed 45 executive orders. That is vastly more executive orders than all the Presidents of my lifetime combined in the same timeframe!
He has signed orders stopping the Keystone pipeline, which has allowed us to be energy independent, this caused the immediate loss of jobs for many unionized workers. He rejoined the Paris climate accord which forces us to pay million if not billions of dollars "cleaning" up our fossil fuel usage and giving money to other countries. He signed an order repealing title IX which allowed women's sports to disallow trans women, aka men, from competing and winning scholarships, this places girls at a disadvantage immediately. He also signed an order allowing trans men and women to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their "preference". He stopped funding for construction of the border wall. All of these things hurt America and put our lives at risk.
So why is he on such a quick signing rampage? My guess is he is beholden to the far left and their agenda. Many of these actions have pushed that agenda to the forefront of our politics. This becomes dangerous as it is my belief that more than half of the country and maybe as much as two-thirds do not support these ideals. I have always been a supporter of the President as when the President succeeds we succeed. I always try to give the benefit of the doubt to the new President until they pass policy or support ideals that I disagree with. So when Biden took over I was telling all of my Trump supporting friends to give him a chance, maybe he will do ok. But here we are ten days into the new administration and I have watched him sign so many things which counter my views and things I support. We have seen the censorship of conservatism in big tech and media. We have seen the conservative "twitter" called Parler removed for allowing free speech on its platform. Youtube accounts, twitter accounts, and many other social media sites have removed conservative accounts and cost prominent conservative posters hundreds and in some cases thousands of followers. This is a problem.
As a conservative it worries me that these things are happening so quickly. I have a really bad feeling things will end badly. We need to fight back and prevent the silencing of any voices. Our freedoms are at threat daily. I am not sure how to fight back but when I figure it out I will hopefully be able to share my views and get your opinions.
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