Subj : Re: BLM Not endorsing Kam
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Aug 10 2024 10:39:00

>  AI> > But you said it was killed by Trump; that's different from when a bill
>  AI> > fails. A bill fails when it fails to reach the senate, or when it fails
>  AI> > pass the senate, or when the president vetoes it.

>  AI> Trump publicly asked congress to kill the bill and they obliged..

> Trump is a US citizen, just like me. I ask congress to do things sometimes, an
> sometimes they do what I ask, but they're not obligated to do what I say nor
> what former President Trump says.

Unlike you or I, Trump was again running for President and didn't want his
rival (who was then Biden) to be able to take credit for fixing something.
Johnson, and many others in Congress, acted on the orders from Trump to
kill the bill.

Alan is not usually right, but he is here.


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