evidence: Fact-check: Has Biden 'issued more executive fiats' in his first days in office than any other president? [...] Setting aside the political implications of the word "fiat," we found that available evidence supports Rubio’s assessment: Biden’s use of the executive power in his first two days far outpaced that of his predecessors. [...] "Fiats" is a politically loaded term and ignores that many of Biden’s directives were specific to the ongoing pandemic.