GOP: "By nominating a Supreme Court justice, Obama is once again cynically using his position as President to lead the country."
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Responding
to reports that President Obama is considering signing as many as
nineteen executive orders on gun control, Republicans in Congress
unleashed a blistering attack on him today, accusing Mr. Obama of
“cynically and systematically using his position as President to lead
the country.”
Spearheading the
offensive was Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), who charged the President
with the “wanton exploitation of powers that are legally granted to him
under the U.S. Constitution.”
Calling
him the “Law Professor-in-Chief,” Rep. Stockman accused Mr. Obama of
“manipulating a little-known section of the Constitution,” Article II,
which outlines the power of the President.
“
President
Obama looks down the list of all of the powers that are legally his and
he’s like a kid in a candy store,” Rep. Stockman said. “It’s
nauseating.”
The Texas congressman
said that if Mr. Obama persists in executing the office of the
Presidency as defined by the Constitution, he could face “impeachment
and/or deportation.”
Noting that the
President has not yet signed the executive orders on gun control, Rep.
Stockman said that he hoped his stern words would serve as a wake-up
call to Mr. Obama: “Mr. President, there’s still time for you to get in
line. But if you continue to fulfill the duties of President of the
United States that are expressly permitted in the Constitution, you are
playing with fire.”
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