President Joe Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Say what you will about whats legally required but if Biden didn’t want to catch criticism from his fellow democratic lawmakers, he shouldn’t have made a campaign promise saying he wouldn’t build ‘another foot’ of border wall. Its not like he’s unaware how these things work, he kind of brought this on his self.
You can delve into the definition of “another” in that context. It could mean “no more than what is currently built” or it could mean " no more than what’s already been determined/legally required will be built".
Though even with that, I will grant that using that wording could be considered deceptive. As much as people like to say “technically correct is the best correct”, I would disagree when it comes to politics. It’s Aes Sedai lying vs outright lying.
Say what you will about whats legally required but if Biden didn’t want to catch criticism from his fellow democratic lawmakers, he shouldn’t have made a campaign promise saying he wouldn’t build ‘another foot’ of border wall. Its not like he’s unaware how these things work, he kind of brought this on his self.
You can delve into the definition of “another” in that context. It could mean “no more than what is currently built” or it could mean " no more than what’s already been determined/legally required will be built".
Though even with that, I will grant that using that wording could be considered deceptive. As much as people like to say “technically correct is the best correct”, I would disagree when it comes to politics. It’s Aes Sedai lying vs outright lying.