And the frustration that’s erupted in the wake of that “out of step activist” statement isn’t *just* about abortion. Biden has refused to use his power on student debt, prosecuting Trump, federal housing policy, and many other key issues. It’s a cumulative outrage.

It also doesn’t help that it comes after Biden said fawning things about Mitch McConnell, the guy that stole two Supreme Court seats and created the supermajority to overturn Roe, gun laws, environmental regulations, voting rights, and maybe even democracy itself.

The fact that Democratic leadership is all old and extremely wealthy only makes it worse. They aren’t going to be impacted by losing reproductive rights, they own lots of stock, and climate change won’t leave them homeless. Which would be fine — if they took action anyway.

The most effort we’ve seen Democratic leaders put into anything since last fall has been trying to crush progressive primary challengers to protect the shittiest, most reactionary Democrats in DC. Add in the activist diss yesterday and an explosion of outrage was inevitable.

@jordanzakarin It sure is? What is happening here🙄

@jordanzakarin @mo87mo87 They’re only willing to use their power against the left. They desperately want moderate Republicans in the coalition.

@jordanzakarin Forget Trump, Many POTUS from Lincoln to FDR & Nixon have used executive & emergency powers to protect citizens from crises, economic, health & existential. @POTUS @TheDemocrats are holding life preservers yet refusing to toss them into the water to save a drowning nation.

@jordanzakarin My thought, which doesn't seem very popular, is that if the Biden admin wants to argue that they ought not use power the way Trump did - that it was an overreach - then they ought to have a loud public campaign for Congress to codify all the informal norms Trump broke.