BUT JOE says "Exec Orders are only used by dictators..." MIS-QUOTED by slime balls like Hannity and McConnell
On his Jan. 26 show, Hannity said, "Biden signed off on a record number of executive orders during his first week but just three months ago, according to Biden himself, that's something only a dictator would do."
And in the Senate, McConnell said, "As recently as October, now-President Biden said you can't legislate by executive action unless you are a dictator. Well, in one week, he signed more than 30 unilateral actions."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/09/fact-check-joe-biden-misquoted-executive-orders-dictators/4312016001/
WHAT JOE ACTUALLY SAID:
The full quote was in defense of his tax plan, following a comment from host George Stephanopoulos. "So, there's not going to be any delay on the tax increases?" he asked, referencing Biden's plans to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy and Biden's answer to previous questions.
Biden replied: "No, well, I've gotta get the votes. I gotta get the votes. That's why — you know, the one thing that I — I have this strange notion. We are 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 going to do something.' Things you can't do by executive order unless you're a dictator. We're a democracy. We need consensus."
Biden's comment was not about the use of executive orders in general, but was instead related to the use of executive orders to legislate what he said he believes should require approval from Congress.
The quote has been twisted to imply that he believes the use of executive orders in general is bad.
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