Bidens official X account draws mockery with reference to constitutional amendment that doesnt exist
President Biden doesn’t appear to be resting during his final weekend in the White House.Instead, he’s pushing for a new amendment to the Constitution that would make the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “the law of the land.”In a statement released by the White House, Biden demanded that the United States “affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all.”While his point is clear in the statement, a post on his official X account had users mocking the president.
The post references the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.However, the US Constitution only has 27 amendments, the last of which was ratified in 1992.In a post on X calling the ERA the “law of the land,” implying that it is already part of the Constitution, which is not the case.
Social media users were quick to point this out, with some calling the president a “dictator.”Others online also brought up Biden’s past rhetoric about Trump being a “threat to democracy,” accusing the president of trying to “declare” an amendment into existence.Citing the American Bar Association in the statement, Biden argued that the ERA has “cleared all necessary hurdles to formally be added to the Constitution.” Biden added that he agreed with “the ABA and with leading constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.” However, despite Biden’s argument, the National Archives disagreed.In its own December statement on the ERA, the National Archives said that “at this time, the Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions.”“Today, I affirmed the Equal Rights Amendment to have cleared all the necessary hurdles to be added to the US Constitution NOW.The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land NOW.
It’s the 28th amendment to the Constitution NOW,” Biden said when addressing the US Conference of Mayors on Friday.The ERA, a proposed amend...