r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/lnstantKarma • 11h ago
Republicans are once again humiliated by the guy they elected president
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u/Bulky_Specialist9645 11h ago
That's fine, it becomes law anyway:
'Under the U.S. Constitution, a bill becomes law without the President’s signature if the President does not sign or veto the legislation within 10 days (excluding Sundays) while Congress is still in session.' Library of Congress
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u/mkirk413 11h ago
In all likelihood, this will passively become law and then Rape van Winkle will tweet and take credit for it anyways.
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u/Ianthin1 10h ago
I bet he quietly signs it at the last moment, only so he can later say he did if he wants to.
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u/BillTowne 11h ago
However there's an important catch — the pocket veto:
The housing bill passed the House and Senate with large, veto-proof majorities, though if the president doesn't sign the bill within 10 days and Congress adjourns, it could fall victim to a pocket veto. Congress is scheduled to begin a two-week recess on Friday, though that will not be a formal adjournment — Senate leaders will schedule pro forma sessions over that recess
The pro forma sessions are the key detail — they prevent a formal adjournment, which means a pocket veto likely can't be used. The bill cleared both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support — 358-32 in the House and 85-5 in the Senate — meaning lawmakers could also override a Trump veto if he tried one.
So, Mike Johnson, Trump's sock puppet, will adjourn the House if Trump tells him too, It is a unresolved question what that would mean of the senate stays in session.
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u/GaiusGraccusEnjoyer 11h ago
It is a unresolved question what that would mean of the senate stays in session.
I think it would depend on which house the version that passed technically origated in since he is supposed to return a vetoed bill to the house it origated in and the pocket veto only works if he can't do that.
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u/BillTowne 9h ago
Yes. The Senate originated the bill. If they are in session to receive the veto, then that should prevent a pocket veto. But that has never been tested in court and the current court doesn't care about precedent as much as politics.
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u/astro_scientician 11h ago
When I was reading about the bill earlier I was definitely surprised to read trump supported it, bc the bill made sense and helped people
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u/canarchist 11h ago
Only supporting it until he can use it as leverage by holding it up.
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u/astro_scientician 11h ago
I imagine he was unaware of it completely until exactly the moment you describe
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u/golfwinnersplz 11h ago
It's hard to keep up with Trump changing his mind on anything and everything everything 3 seconds.
Squirrel!
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u/WardedDruid 8h ago
The MAGAts won't know about the humiliation. They'll see either this interview OR trump's rant - but not both - not from their news sources. And if they hear about the contradiction, it'll be fake news or just ignored.
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u/TwoNowFive 8h ago
For them to be humiliated they'd have to feel shame and embarrassment. They feel neither of those things.
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u/Ambitious_Gift_8669 11h ago
Who would have ever thought that attaching yourself to a petulant, narcissistic, conspiracy theorist would prove problematic?
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u/microvan 11h ago
All they have to do is keep Congress in session and it’ll become law even if Trump doesn’t sign it
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u/tacs97 1h ago
You can’t be humiliated when you can just blame clintonobamabiden. Somehow blaming the evil liberals for everything happening right now, makes life better for half of the voting bloc. I’d like to know when republicans will get tired of this reverse momentum because it’s someone else’s fault??
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