He’ll be re-elected and it won’t even be close.
So what he said was essentially correct: the government CAN do anything it wants, because enough dunces out there will let it.
I estimate this to be 40 some-odd percent of the electorate and growing. This is the big-government totalitarian constituency: those who have, directly or indirectly, become dependent on Big Brother for their existence. They have the mindset and mental make-up of children who have never learned to be self-reliant. They are made up of those who live in fear of freedom and how untidy it can be at times, and who not only don't want any for themselves, but also have no problem with imposing totalitarianism on the rest of us.
There is a good chance this group will reach over 50% soon, unless we are able to elect someone who can convince enough of them that freedom is really in their best interest. As indoctrinated as most of them are, I fear it is to be an uphill fight, even if it starts in November.