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Does Boris not know this is already the law thanks to the black president Trump pushed racist conspiracies about, or is he shamelessly dishonest? Maybe both? In any event it’s a bad look. https://t.co/RlK92oXeSE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 8, 2020

EO’s are directives to federal agencies which answer to the administration. They are not laws and do not have the force of law. Even without the ACA Trump cannot order insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions.

This, BTW, is Trump’s idea of an “October surprise.” Yes, it’s August; but even Trump knows voting starts MUCH earlier than November; even if political journalists still haven’t caught up.
Of course, this is all he did.

Aside from the clear public health issues, the optics of POTUS addressing his country club members who pay at up to $350,000 to join while millions of Americans don't know how they'll cover rent this month as expanded unemployment benefits have expired is—an interesting choice. https://t.co/0Fl9ihm9do

— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) August 7, 2020

Nothing signed, IOW. Not that an EO suspending the payroll tax would work anyway.

Sec. 7508A of the tax code, which applies after declared disasters, allows administration to postpone tax collection deadlines. It does not change the underlying taxes. And employers may just keep paying rather than deal with the hassle. https://t.co/VPqqXha26N

— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) August 7, 2020

The surprise will be in Trump when he finds out it didn’t work either.

"This is shocking to me, this is not a press conference ... What I see right here is a rich, entitled, person showing off his golf club."@JoyAnnReid on Trump holding a press conference at his golf club with his country club members act as audience. #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/ZuNy67Fi5F

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 7, 2020

Political genius, I tell ya.

ADDING: Local news interviewing people who need the UI extension, who are going to be unpleasantly surprised to find out Trump can’t do that. He not only can’t do it, he doesn’t have the wherewithal to administer such a plan. At best he can send out stimulus checks that won’t arrive for weeks , and won’t last a week, either. He doesn’t have access to the billions it would take to make UI payments.