By Rita Cook
Correspondent
Texas Metro News
not autopen Photo: Whitehouse.gov
WASHINGTON DC – President Donald Trump has decided he wants to revoke any executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that were signed by an autopen.
For clarification regarding the autopen, the modern-day version has been used by U.S. presidents since it was developed in the 1940s. The precursor to the autopen was first used by Thomas Jefferson in the form of a “polygraph,” patented in 1803. This mechanical device linked two pens and enabled the writer to create a copy of the original written by hand.
Fast forward to Biden’s use of the autopen. He signed 162 executive orders during his January 2021 to January 2025 term
Apparently 92% of those orders have been revoked by Trump due to what I can gather stems from Biden not being the person behind the signing due to his mental decline while in office.
Trump has indicated in a social media post he is “cancelling all executive orders, and anything else that was not directly signed” by Biden.
Now the question is does Trump have the legal authority to rescind these actions taken by Biden.
The 92% Trump was referring to has not been outlined, but he said, “The autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States.”
In a 91-page House Oversight Committee report it pointed to Biden’s “diminishing mental and physical capabilities and the implications of that decline.”
The lead investigator on the committee was Chairman James Comer.
The report emphasized “Even more troubling than the president experiencing a decline in mental acuity was President Biden’s inner circle of loyalists attempting to mislead the nation to ignore what people’s eyes plainly showed them.”
The Committee investigated whether Biden White House officials “possibly exercised the authority of the former president or intentionally concealed his rapidly worsening mental and physical state. The Committee has found evidence to indicate they did both.”
While the report speaks for itself so does the manner in which this latest drama is being executed.
First, no president (or Congress or Senate) either side of the aisle should show such lack of class by calling each other names like “Sleepy Joe, “Drump,” “Radical Left Lunatics” or “Magats.” We aren’t in kindergarten and these clowns aren’t on the playground. They are supposed to be leading our country. How can you respect any public figure who calls another person a name because they don’t like them. It shows lack of emotional maturity and a lack of respect for the people you are attempting to lead.
Name calling also negates the validity of the act being done because people/constituents/intelligent people see the lack of respect and begin to question if the act is being done out of revenge or if it is truly because there was wrongdoing involved.
Even if Trump is doing the right thing by pulling Biden’s autopen executive orders, he could do it with class in order to respect the sanctity of the United States.
Trump also stated “The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him. I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally. Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury.”
Maybe a little compassion could go a long way for everything that has happened in this country because then, when both the Democratic or Republican leader wants respect from all constituents they might actually earn it.
To date, Biden has publicly said there was no “cover-up” by his administration. He maintains he was behind every autopen direction.
Time will tell, that is after the kindergarteners have been put to bed and the real group of politicians caring for their constituent’s well-being step in to finally get the job done.
Rita Cook is a world traveler and writer/editor who specializes in writing on travel, auto, crime and politics. A correspondent for Texas Metro News, she has published 11 books and has also produced low-budget films.
