Brandon Backs Down: Will Overturn DC City Council's Vote to Decriminalize Crime
Update: Brandon Falls Down

The DC City Council voted to greatly reduce the punishments for serious crimes. They were so extreme that even their woke mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed their "reforms." They overruled her.

Congress and the president have jurisdiction over DC, however, and can, acting jointly, repudiate acts of the DC city council. The Republican-led House already voted to overturn the council's changes.

Joe Manchin announced he'd vote with Senate Republicans to overturn the "reforms," so it would pass the Democrat Senate.

But Biden has previously vowed to back DC's sovereignty -- spoiler, it doesn't have it -- to the hilt.

Now he reverses himself and says he'll sign a bill to repudiate the new "reforms." The left is hopping mad about this. 170+ Democrats in the House voted to support the DC city council's bid to give killers and r@pists another bite at the victim apple, and this prog "journalist" calls it "stabbing DC in the back."

Then, on Thursday, he stabbed D.C. in the back. In a single tweet, the president reversed more than two years of staunch support for home rule--abandoning his principles the moment they became politically inexpedient. Biden announced that he would sign legislation nullifying the modernization of D.C.'s criminal code. His action will, perversely, make the District less safe, preserving an outdated 122-year-old criminal code whose ambiguities actually make it harder for prosecutors to charge violent crimes.

Just as importantly, Biden's decision will empower congressional Republicans to continue overriding D.C.'s democratically enacted legislation, including progressive laws expanding the rights of immigrants, abortion providers, LGBTQ people, and other vulnerable groups. The president has, in effect, declared open season on the District's democracy.

I don't mind telling you this man has brought me to the cusp of orgasm.

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Biden had previously announced his opposition to the nullification effort, and he might have staved off further defections in the Senate by promising a veto. Instead, he abruptly changed course on Thursday, promising the sign the bill if it reached his desk. His support guarantees that it'll pass the Senate with multiple Democratic votes.

Aw, Brandon. I thought you were a Tough Guy, Brandon. Go ahead, do the Tough Guy whisper that you do.

This comes as Walmart closes its H Street Washington DC location, citing "poor performance."

The area is known to have a high crime rate. The very political Walmart corporation doesn't blame the closure on DC making theft effectively legal, but one suspects that's heavily featured in the decision mix.

Dem's stairs are tricky! All of a sudden the just go up unexpectedly!

posted by Ace at 02:16 PM

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