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On Friday in Washington, Congress overthrew outgoing President Donald Trump’s veto on the defense budget.
Eighty-one of the 100 senators voted in favor of the $ 740 billion budget. 13 voted against.
Trump thus suffered a crushing defeat, and this is the first time that the president’s veto has been overridden.
The defeat did not sit well with the president, who quickly took to Twitter to show his discontent.
Congress overrules Trump
– Pathetic !!!
Trump has made many reports of voter fraud on Twitter in recent months, but this time he is critical of his fellow Republicans after the defeat.
– Our Republican Senate just missed an opportunity to ditch Section 230, which gives unlimited power to big tech companies. Pathetic !!!, the president writes on Twitter.
Trump has long demanded that Congress in the budget process crack down on social media like Twitter and Facebook, which he says oppose him and Republicans. Trump wants to end a clause in the 1996 law that protects IT giants from being sued by those who feel harmed on social media.
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– Republicans should have gotten rid of section 230 of the defense budget. Then you would not have this problem. They never learn !!!, the president continues on Twitter on Saturday night Norwegian time.
The president has stated that the section is a serious threat to national security and the integrity of the elections. This is one of the reasons for his veto on the defense budget.
Another reason Trump vetoed was because he strongly opposes renaming ten military bases named after southern generals.
The president has also stated that he is critical of the budget meaning that the withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan and Germany, which he has announced, is delayed. The withdrawal is likely to be postponed long enough for the incoming president, Joe Biden, to reverse it. Biden’s inauguration ceremony will take place on January 20.
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As early as Monday, the House of Representatives voted by a large majority to override the veto.
It came after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell urged party members to pass the budget, even after Trump’s veto.
– For the brave men and women of the American military, it is not an option to fail. When it is our turn to protect them, it is not an option for us to fail. Therefore, I ask my colleagues to support this law once again, McConnell said Tuesday, according to Reuters.
