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Every lame duck is a walking contradiction ... "
Joe Biden

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Lame duck

In politics, a lame duck or outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon.[1] An outgoing politician is often seen as having less influence with other politicians due to their limited time left in office. Conversely, a lame duck is free to make decisions that exercise the standard powers with little fear of consequence, such as issuing executive orders, pardons, or other controversial edicts. Lame duck politicians result from term limits, planned retirement, or electoral losses, and are especially noticeable where political systems build in a delay between the announcement of results and the taking of office by election winners. Even at the local level, politicians who do not seek re-election can lose credibility and influence. Uncompleted projects may fall to the wayside as their influence diminishes.

Description
The status can be due to:

having lost a re-election bid
choosing not to seek another term, which would start at the expiration of the current term
a term limit which prevents the official from running for that particular office again
the abolition of the office, which must nonetheless be served out until the end of the official's term.
Since these politicians do not face the consequences of their actions in an upcoming election, they have greater freedom to issue unpopular decisions or appointments. Examples include last-minute midnight regulations issued by executive agencies of outgoing US presidential administrations and executive orders issued by outgoing presidents.[2] Such actions date back to the Judiciary Act of 1801 ("Midnight Judges Act"), in which Federalist President John Adams and the outgoing 6th Congress amended the Judiciary Act to create more federal judge seats for Adams to appoint and the Senate to confirm before the Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated and the Democratic-Republican majority 7th Congress convened.

In more recent history, US President Bill Clinton was widely criticized for issuing 140 pardons and other acts of executive clemency on his last day in office, including two former close colleagues, donors, fellow Democratic members, and his own half-brother.

In many countries, toward the facilitation of a smooth transition, an outgoing president accepts advice from and consults with the president-elect.

Origins of the term
Literally, the term refers to a duck that is unable to keep up with the rest of its flock, making it a target for predators.[citation needed]

The first time the phrase is known to have been used in its metaphorical sense was in the 18th century; it was used at the London Stock Exchange to refer to a stockbroker who defaulted on his debts.[4][5] In 1761, Horace Walpole wrote, in a letter to Sir Horace Mann: "Do you know what a Bull and a Bear and Lame Duck are?"[6] And in 1791, Mary Berry wrote that the Duchess of Devonshire's loss of ;50,000 in stocks was "the conversation of the town," and that her name was to be "posted up as a lame duck".

The first known use of the term to refer to politicians is in the January 14, 1863, issue of the Congressional Globe (which was at the time the official record of the proceedings of the United States Congress): "In no event ... could [the Court of Claims] be justly obnoxious to the charge of being a receptacle of 'lame ducks' or broken down politicians."

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walking conradiction

The term “walking contradiction” describes someone who says one thing but does another. They may claim to believe in something but then act in a way that contradicts it. For example, someone might say they believe in non-violence but then get into a fistfight. Or someone might say they want to lose weight but continue eating junk foods.