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Biden could theoretically pressure the HHS secretary to do that, but that would directly be a Trumpian act of a guy who ran on "look how not-Trump I am" and just is not going to happen.
Biden will use the system, as designed, and hope the chips land his way. If they don't, and public backlash is strong, Dems can safely run on it.
We can not like how the political sausage is made, or even like that said sausage is made, and still live in the reality in which one does have to make sausage in politics.
Maybe if the world didn't catch fire right before his election, this could be a thing, but with the past four to six years I just don't see it taking anything but an act of Congress
So you admit he can do it without congress. However, you think it would make him look like Trump and so he shouldn’t do it…
That’s very strange reasoning. What exactly do you think would be the actual consequences? Over two thirds of Americans support legalization. If Biden got marijuana descheduled it would likely be an incredibly popular move.
You're having a conversation about things you want and I'm having a conversation about how reality works.
That’s a lot of condescension for someone who can’t even answer a simple question.
It's a clarification that you and I are having two different conversations.
Consider re-reading this not as an argument, but rather as a teacher explaining to you why things work out a certain way.
I don't view the conversation as quite that way (I was just stoned and enjoying where it was going), but tonally.
This has to be a bit right? The irony of being high while also trying to justify why Biden doesn’t push for legalization is just too funny.
My entire last post is about how this is not a defense of anything. This is an explanation of why things happen the way they do.
Whether or not you want to call it a defense, you are providing justifications for Biden’s lack of action. Going on to suggest that your opinion is just “how reality works” even though you’ve made factually incorrect statements is just too rich.
Cool stay mad.
You're mistaking "uninformed" for "simple".
Exactly how was my question “uninformed”?
Because you apparently have little to no idea how the US government functions despite other people explaining it to you multiple times.
Their first statement was factually incorrect and their follow up explanation was just unfounded conjecture that made no logical sense. When I pointed that out they just refused to engage.