In first speech since leaving office, ex-president spoke of ‘destruction’ current administration has wrought

Joe Biden on Tuesday accused Donald Trump and his billionaire lieutenant, Elon Musk, of taking a “hatchet” to the social security administration as part of their warp-speed effort to tear down the federal government.

“In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction,” Biden said, addressing the national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago. “It’s kind of breathtaking that it could happen that soon.”

Though it is unusual for a former president to return to the national stage so soon after exiting, Biden, 82, said he felt the issue was a matter of grave importance to millions of retirees and disabled Americans fearful that the check they rely on each month might not arrive on time – or at all.

  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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    Who cares what that dude says.

    He is complicit in all this.

    Supreme Court said presidents were kings and he didn’t do shit to see how they’d limit presidential power.

    What a complete abdication of duty.

    Joe “Neville chamberlain” Biden

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    Ok really dude? You sleep-walked us into this shit and you have the sheer fucking gall to complain about ANYTHING?

    You fucking imbecile. You somehow made yourself a legacy more ignominious than Neville Chamberlain and Paul von Hindenburg combined, you feckless sack of shit. Enjoy that. Remember that. Because we sure as fuck will.

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    The only thing I want to hear from Joe is an apology for picking Garland as his AG and then committing sepuku

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    If social security isn’t available to me when I reach retirement, I’m simply going to start burning shit down. And I mean that in the literal sense.

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    Biden needs to shut the hell up, and he needs to not wag his finger at anyone ever again.

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      Biden wasn’t going to win in 24, and one of the bigger reasons Harris lost was that Biden held on too long and handed her a fucked up, losing, campaign she had to turn around in 107 days.

      Against an asshole who was retconning history and campaigning for the last 4 years.

      It’s a miracle it was as close as it was and that’s 100% on biden’s ego.

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        He was supposed to be there in order to kick Trump out and then leave, he should have left as soon as that wouldn’t have prevented Harris from trying to get elected twice (so after half a mandate + 1 day)