• PrettyLights@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Then why is one of his campaign promises written as: “As president he will decriminalize cannabis…”

    Is his campaign promising things he doesn’t have the power to do?

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      7 months ago

      No one politician has the power to do anything directly, really. That’s how the US system of government works. It’s fundemantal to how it operates that no one politician can promise to singlehandedly do anything. So, since everyone understands that, they say what they intend to do.