Yeah. Dude. I don’t like the outcome, but he has “extra” powers because Republicans won a lot of elections and are a majority in all three branches of government and in many statehouses.
> Republicans won a lot of elections
A lot of them thanks to the results of blatant gerrymandering.
It's mostly the Republicans fault, but it didn't help that Biden supported it too, in spite of how other top Democrats felt:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/democrats-biden-som...