Originally posted by Sparko
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Originally posted by Sparko
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Does that mean Obama did the best thing? Frankly - no. Anyone with a mind could see that what one president could do with a pen another could undo with the same pen. Anything that is going to last and have teeth needs the legislative and executive branch on board. That's how the system works. And Obama said this repeatedly: send me a bill to sign, and I won't have to do this.
Trump WAS sent a bill to sign - and signed it. Then declared an emergency to explicitly defy the will of Congress, because he disagreed with them.
So, in short:
Obama: if you're not going to do anything, then I am.
Trump: I don't like what you did, so I'm going to change it.
They are not the same thing. And, last I checked, Obama never claimed a National Emergency related to immigration.
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