Posted on 09/02/2013 6:00:53 PM PDT by markomalley
Congressman Peter King said on CNN Monday that even if Congress votes no on Syria, President Obama should still take military action. He told Erin Burnett that Obama shouldn’t have gone to Congress to begin with, but now that he has, he shouldn’t have to consider himself beholden to that vote, since he has the authority to take action on his own.
King acknowledged that if Congress were voting on a resolution today, it would be “very difficult,” and deferring to the legislative body anyway just makes Obama look “weak.” These comments stand in stark contrast to other Republicans like Justin Amash who went so far as to thank the president for giving Congress the chance to take a vote.
Burnett asked King what Obama should do if Congress votes no. King said the president has the authority to act even if Congress votes no, though he did say any military campaign has to be more than just a day or two of missile strikes. He acknowledged the potential risk of arms ending up in the hands of al-Qaeda-affiliated rebels, but expressed his confidence at the United States’ ability to exert control over the situation.
Burnett asked King, “If there’s going to be a vote, why wait until next week?” King admitted if the vote is really that serious, Obama should have called Congress back already.
Watch the video below, via CNN:
Why the h3ll is there even a GOP with bozos like this?
And I thought King was supposedly "conservative"?????
WTF ... over ???
King the IRA supporter “conservative”? The man’s been a RINO for years.
All Obama’s polls were real bad ,so he decided to drag in Congress to try to save his ass
King needs to be committed to an insane asylum. Completely deranged!
That's "supposedly" conservative...
That's conservative in the words of such hacks luminaries as "Hannity"
Don’t worry King, your buddy Obama is going to strike Syria when Congress says NO. Kerry and aides pretty much have been hinting at this for awhile
Bend over king, let your lover boy get u up the ... Blackmail or stupidity?
pray for America
Yo, Peter King, as long as you have this overwhelming desire to be irrelevant, why don't you just retire?
What a rectum.
Peter King needs a challenger in the Republican primary. The challenger may not win but King needs to face real voters and get reoriented.
I have an idea. Congress should table the matter and not vote on it. And send it back to the President.
King has been black maled too.
King is a f’n RINO, stress RINO, non-conservative, bogus ideas fool.
New Yorkers, WHY do you keep returning his ass to Congress instead of turning him out??
And King is a supposed Republican..its sad to see our party become Dem lite.
Even more than The Swimmer?
Drop King off in Syria, from about 30k feet...
King is wrong on this one.
Sadly, yes. Every time Gerry Adams came to the UN he was King’s personal guest.
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