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President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting.”

Biden’s comments, captured on a hot mic as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) on the floor of the House chamber, came after Bennet congratulated the commander in chief on his speech and pressed him to keep pressure on Netanyahu over increasing humanitarian issues in Gaza.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well the fact that he allowed record oil extraction under his watch says that he doesn't take it as seriously as he should.

I don't support Biden for a lot of reasons. One of which being I'm Canadian. Trump is worse than Biden. Does that allow me to pass your purity test? Do you have anything at all of substance to add to my comment or just fucking argumentative bullshit?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well the fact that he allowed record oil extraction under his watch says that he doesn't take it as seriously as he should.

Got it. So there are two talking points which are commonly brought up to say Biden did a bad job on the climate; this is one of them. This, in contrast, is an actual summary of what he's done; among other things, it claims there's a Democratic theory that the big climate bill puts us on track for a 40% reduction in emissions by 2030. I don't know if that's accurate, but those are the terms in which I think it's sensible to analyze his actions on climate: What is the expected impact? As opposed to, what's some individual fact that is cherry-picked for maximum argumentation impact, and then repeated consistently without context (in this case, used to argue that he doesn't take it seriously when he made massive climate legislation into a priority early on in his presidency.)

Does that allow me to pass your purity test? Do you have anything at all of substance to add to my comment or just fucking argumentative bullshit?

Sorry, what? My comment wasn't real polite, but it's not like there wasn't a productive point to it.

I suspect your original comment of being made in bad faith. Your response to my question about the climate, which does not include detailed analysis of what's going on, but does fit lock-and-key into one of the two active talking points about "why Biden is bad for the climate," furthers that suspicion.

You're obviously not obligated to talk with me further about it. I was just curious. You're free to say whatever you want.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you literally have nothing to add about Biden and Israel. Shocking.