Posted on 03/06/2019 2:44:51 PM PST by rintintin
Senator Rand Paul has announced that, despite supporting improvements in border security, he will vote against President Trumps emergency declaration on the grounds that its an abuse of executive power and hes absolutely right.
Every single Republican I know decried President Obamas use of executive power to legislate, Paul wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News. We were right then.
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Intellectually, I get the reason behind wanting to disapprove.
That said, it’s an emergency and the USA is under siege, so I can swallow my Constitutional purism for the greater good.
This is a bogus comparison. Obama wasnt acting under statutory authority. Trump is.
This is a bogus comparison. Obama wasnt acting under statutory authority. Trump is.
Cheaters gonna cheat, at least you lose with honor...
No he’s not right, not at all.
Rand Paul’s done nothing for America. Absolutely zilch, nada, nothing.
It’s the friking law as written by congress itself. FU rand you POS!
My recollection is that Timpf is a long time Open Borders Koch bros. clown.
Well said.
Searched, but couldn’t find any time where the Republicans voted to nullify any of Obama’s National Security declarations. If they ever did, and anyone knows of them, can you please advise?
“Obama wasnt acting under statutory authority. Trump is”
That’s the key point. If they didn’t want a President to have this authority they wouldn’t have passed the original act.
Paul needs to go back to operating on eyes and stop doing dime store legal analysis.
Yes she is, she also wears wigs
I find her annoying, no wonder she lives alone in apartment in NY with cats
I can only say I don’t recall and example. It surely would have been news and posted her if he was overridden.
I called his office and the person answering the phone pretended to not know. I had to tell him that it NEVER happened. Overpaid morons.
Light up the phones. Call these clowns out.
The biggest emergency is that Congress has refused all sensible attempts to protect the American people from the consequences of an open border . . . and it’s about a whole lot more than illegal immigration.
The second emergency is the open border itself.
I guess Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney and Mike Lee are all on the take from the open borders folks. If you ask me, “abuse of power” is a flimsy-a$$ excuse after all that Obama did.
In a related note, I am headed to Utah this weekend to ski for a week. Anybody know where I can get a good-looking cap or long-sleeve t-shirt that says “Mitt sux”????
Dont waste your time searching. This is all about GOPs commitment to open borders - or rather, the GOP donors commitment.
This is Rand Paul’s MO....and then he turns around and votes with the President. He’s done it time after time.
The National Emergency Act passed in 1976
Obama signed 12 national emergencies, didnt hear anyone make a fuss..Obama gave Iran, a TERRORIST REGIME, BILLIONS of OUR taxpayer dollars in the middle of the night, no one made a fuss..Trump wants to stop a total INVASION, HEY U CANT DO THAT
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