remember last week when biden interupted all public air waves for the purpose of personally letting you know that israel totally did not just blow up a hospital in gaza

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[–] fuckiforgotmypasswor@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

huh maybe, im trying to find all the places it was broadcast and its pretty hard to track down

ABC called it a "primetime address" or something and that it's only happened like 7 times in american history, but maybe not a literal federal override thing

[–] edge@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

ABC called it a "primetime address" or something and that it's only happened like 7 times in history

That doesn't sound right, Biden alone has given 30 addresses to the nation like that. Unless they mean very particular circumstances.

Even of the more major addresses I can think of there are more than 7

(in no particular order)

Bush on 9/11
Obama on the killing of Osama bin Laden
Trump on the killing of al-Baghdadi
Reagan firing all ATC workers
Bush on invading Afghanistan
Bush on Hurricane Katrina
Carter on the hostages in Iran
Nixon's resignation
Ford's pardoning of Nixon
LBJ on Kennedy's assassination