GOP senator demands Biden stop doing his job 'cause Trump won
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Failed Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has written a letter demanding that President Joe Biden cease doing his job as president, even though Donald Trump is not scheduled to be sworn into office for another two months. In a letter to Biden, Scott wrote, “To ensure an orderly transition, federal financial and housing regulators should suspend any rulemaking and nomination related activities.” The senator went on to say that federal agencies should stop making federal rules and that nominations should cease right away. Scott’s demand that Biden stop doing the job that over 81.2 million Americans hired him for in 2020 is out of whack with how business has historically functioned in the U.S. government. In fact, after Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden, Republicans in the Senate continued to confirm federal judges nominated by Trump—even as it was clear the public had indicated they no longer wanted to pursue Trump’s approach to running the government. Among those given the go-ahead by the Republican Senate majority at the time was Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who ultimately threw out the case against Trump for illegally keeping classified documents. Cannon was confirmed on Nov. 12, 2020, and among those who voted to confirm her was Scott. This was, of course, after Biden had been declared the victor. In fact, at least 19 federal judges nominated by Trump were confirmed by Senate Republicans after Trump lost the election on Nov. 3, 2020, and before Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021. During his presidency, Biden has used federal rulemaking authority to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans. Federal rules have been put in place to limit water supplies from being polluted by copper and lead pipes, to impose vehicle emission standards to cut down on pollution, to expand health care access, to provide poor families with food, and to strengthen worker’s rights among many other changes made over four years. As a backer of Trump who will likely upend many of these rules and instead focus the government on servicing the needs of a wealthy elite, like he did in his first term, it’s clear why Scott would want Biden’s actions to stop. For their part, Senate Democrats do not appear to be taking Scott’s letter too seriously. On Monday, they continued to process the nominations of judges appointed by Biden, fully aware that Trump does not yet hold the presidency. Campaign Action
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Failed Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has written a letter demanding that President Joe Biden cease doing his job as president, even though Donald Trump is not scheduled to be sworn into office for another two months. In a letter to Biden, Scott wrote, “To ensure an orderly transition, federal financial and housing regulators should suspend any rulemaking and nomination related activities.” The senator went on to say that federal agencies should stop making federal rules and that nominations should cease right away. Scott’s demand that Biden stop doing the job that over 81.2 million Americans hired him for in 2020 is out of whack with how business has historically functioned in the U.S. government. In fact, after Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden, Republicans in the Senate continued to confirm federal judges nominated by Trump—even as it was clear the public had indicated they no longer wanted to pursue Trump’s approach to running the government. Among those given the go-ahead by the Republican Senate majority at the time was Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who ultimately threw out the case against Trump for illegally keeping classified documents. Cannon was confirmed on Nov. 12, 2020, and among those who voted to confirm her was Scott. This was, of course, after Biden had been declared the victor. In fact, at least 19 federal judges nominated by Trump were confirmed by Senate Republicans after Trump lost the election on Nov. 3, 2020, and before Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021. During his presidency, Biden has used federal rulemaking authority to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans. Federal rules have been put in place to limit water supplies from being polluted by copper and lead pipes, to impose vehicle emission standards to cut down on pollution, to expand health care access, to provide poor families with food, and to strengthen worker’s rights among many other changes made over four years. As a backer of Trump who will likely upend many of these rules and instead focus the government on servicing the needs of a wealthy elite, like he did in his first term, it’s clear why Scott would want Biden’s actions to stop. For their part, Senate Democrats do not appear to be taking Scott’s letter too seriously. On Monday, they continued to process the nominations of judges appointed by Biden, fully aware that Trump does not yet hold the presidency. Campaign Action
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