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Adam Smith: “The executive orders included the end of Biden era border…”

Featuring: Adam Smith, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, 9th Congressional District

Stephen A. Smith Show: In-Depth Discussion with NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Trump Administration and Urban Challenges

Published January 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:53

Trump signed at least 46 executive orders in presidential actions Monday that addressed a number of campaign pledges. The executive orders included the end of Biden era border policies. and pardoning more than 1500 people from the January 6th Capitol riots. Trump also ordered all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by tonight. (00:53–00:57)

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Asserts that Trump's executive orders ended Biden-era border policies.

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“Trump signed at least 46 executive orders in presidential actions Monday.”
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“Trump pardoned more than 1500 people from the January 6th Capitol riots.”
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“Trump ordered all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by tonight.”
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“Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization.”
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“You were the first mayor to be criminally charged while in office in the history of New York City.”
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“Donald Trump won the popular vote. He won the Electoral College vote. The right won the House, they got the Senate.”
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“I've been taking a lot of heat because of my willingness to call out some of the things that I've seen from the Democratic Party.”
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“And it's almost like there's supposed to be this onus, this level of obligation as black men that we're supposed to have to the Democratic…”
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“Clement granted clemency to a few folks, those kind of things, that's what President Biden has done.”
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“You still have been determined to run for reelection in 2025.”
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“About 229,000 migrants came to [New York City].”
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“I think I was the loudest critic of the $53 million prepaid credit card.”
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“On May 1, 2023, 30-year-old homeless man Jordan Neely was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penney.”
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“He was found not guilty this past December.”
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“Parties have been in charge of our government. And look at the regression that has taken place within our nation.”
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“I voted for Kamala Harris. I wasn't excited about it.”
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“I just didn't like the divisiveness and the chaos that Trump had in his first administration.”
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“If you got a Democrat in the White House, but you got Republicans in the House and the Senate, somehow people would be forced to compromise…”
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“We saw a president that clearly, I'll say it, there was slippage.”
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“You avoided the primaries. You made sure he showed up on a debate stage on June 27th. He wasn't ready.”
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“Kamala Harris gets inserted in there. And on Judgment Day, which was Election Day, the voter said, we didn't fall for it.”
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“The Democratic Party, to me, is still chirping as if it's the campaign trail, not recognizing that this man is in office.”
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“One of the things that Donald Trump is making a lot of noise about is the executive orders that he handed down, the inordinate amount of…”
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