During a White House event yesterday, President Trump symbolized his administration’s commitment to cutting government red tape by appearing with huge stacks of paper showing how many pages of federal regulations there are on the books vs. years ago:
In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. Today there are over 185,000 pages, as seen in the Roosevelt Room.
Today, we CUT THE RED TAPE! It is time to SET FREE OUR DREAMS and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/teAVNzjvcx
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2017
MSNBC’s Joy Reid rushed to the defense of EVERY PAGE in that giant stack of regulatory madness:
Every one of those pages protects your food from being filled with rat droppings, spoiled meat out of your deli, lead out of your paint, your child’s medicine from being defective & corporations from polluting the air you breathe or dumping medical waste in the water you wade in. https://t.co/iOT9ifbqiE
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 14, 2017
Deregulation is great if you’re a company because it’s cheaper and more profitable to cut corners. And if no one’s looking, people cut corners. Deregulation is not so good if you value clean air, water and safe food, medicine and workplaces.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 14, 2017
Deregulation is designed to do only one thing: make corporations more profitable, by reducing the cost of doing business. Making products cleaner and safer costs money. Making workplaces safe and clean costs money. Keeping the air clean means less drilling, so less money.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 14, 2017
Donald Trump is a president straight out of the 1920s. Cal Coolidge has nothing on him.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 14, 2017
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Apparently Reid would rather Trump do a lot more regulating? Did she think that through?
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/941742953441132544
And then some.
Yep, the local deli is going to sell you a green eggs and ham sandwich unless govt gets involved ?.
Her capacity for humiliating herself on social media is seemingly endless. She cannot be serious with this one. ?? https://t.co/uZVrcIJEcr— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) December 15, 2017
If you're in the market for hysterical nonsense, @JoyAnnReid is the person to turn to.
— Theodore (@RefDemo) December 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/MollyBinion/status/941730313390104576
See, Joy, companies that sell bad things don't stay in business. Thinking otherwise causes gloating about Steve Scalise. https://t.co/NyEMRmiWEL
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/NJNuke/status/941464557658296321
The liberal obsession with regulation in its purest form: less regulation of anything is always bad no matter the content or topic of the regulation. https://t.co/axkAQj2zje
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 14, 2017
Simply amazing.