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W T F

(1,145 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:49 AM Nov 2020

"Can you name one accomplishment Joe Biden has made in his 47 years in politics?"

I just had an online discussion with a butt hurt Trumpster who kept parroting the right wing talking point that was drilled into his head by right wing media over the last few days.

Trumpster: "Can you name one accomplishment Joe Biden has made in his 47 years in politics?"

Here's the perfect response that will trigger their BDS (Biden Derangement Syndrome)

Me: "Oh, I can name one huge accomplishment by Joe Biden.....Joe Biden saved America from being destroyed by a Tyrannical Neo-fascist, by getting....MORE VOTES THAN ANY PRESIDENT EVER, IN HISTORY!,.........Probably more votes than Abraham Lincoln..Who knows?"

(Note) If you are making this response in a face to face discussion, make sure that your hands are moving as if you were playing an accordion for added irritation to your victim.

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"Can you name one accomplishment Joe Biden has made in his 47 years in politics?" (Original Post) W T F Nov 2020 OP
Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #1
+1 Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2
I can think of two off the top of my head Sanity Claws Nov 2020 #3
He never bankrupt businesses and stuck investors with losses beachbumbob Nov 2020 #4
He doesn't cheat at golf gratuitous Nov 2020 #5

NCDem47

(2,236 posts)
1. Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:55 AM
Nov 2020

A small sample of others:

Reviving Our Economy

as Vice President, oversaw implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009, then the biggest economic recovery plan in our country’s history. helped rebuild the American economy and save the American auto industry, lifting us out of the
Great Recession

brokered Senate negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to pass the Budget Control Act of 2011 and avert a federal government shutdown

led a review in 2014 of federal employment and training programs that reach more than 21 million people per year, retooling $1.5 billion in grants to align with job-driven training best practices

Expanding Access to Healthcare

helped pass Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), guaranteeing health coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions and 20 million who were previously uninsured

helped launch a “Cancer Moonshot” initiative in 2016 to accelerate efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer

Advancing Women's Rights and Gender Equity

sponsored the original Violence Against Women Act in 1994, leading to a major decline in intimate partner violence, from 2.1 million victims in 1994 to 907,000 in 2010

oversaw the confirmation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman in the history of the Supreme Court in 1993
as chair of an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee, advocated the addition of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Carol Moseley Braun

Climate Change

cosponsored proposed legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions in 2007

called for American participation in UN climate negotiations in 2005

introduced one of the Senate’s first climate change bills, in 1986, leading to the creation of a task force on global warming

utilized his experience working across the aisle to establish a pragmatic plan to cut carbon emissions and secure a sustainable future (click here to read more)

oversaw dispersement of $90 billion for clean energy as part of the 2009 Recovery Act. solar power increased 20x between the years 2008 and 2016

Promoting Peace and Security

secured the passage of arms limitation agreements in 1979 between the United States and the Soviet Union, reducing the risk of global nuclear disaster advocated for economic sanctions against South Africa’s apartheid government

pushed for U.S. intervention in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, ending ethnic cleansing and bringing peace to the region
supported expanding NATO to include Warsaw Pact nations Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, advancing the cause of an
undivided, democratic and peaceful Europe

Protecting our children

served as primary sponsor of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, helping law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators

sponsored and introduced the Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008, allowing volunteer organizations – such as children’s sports groups – to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers
Policing and criminal justice reform

Co-authored the 1994 crime bill, which has been credited with decreasing levels of violent crime, but also increasing rates of incarceration. Biden has recognized flaws with the original bill and his proposed policies look to address many of the concerns that resulted

Stopping Far-Right Judges

as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, blocked Jeff Sessions from becoming a federal judge in 1986
blocked the nomination of Robert Bork, who wanted to roll back advances in civil rights, to the Supreme Court in 1987

Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
3. I can think of two off the top of my head
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:56 AM
Nov 2020

1. Violence Against Women Act. In 1994, Biden was instrumental in its passage. He may have been one of the sponsors. Need to research that part.
2. Affordable Care Act. Biden, as VP, got it through the Senate.

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