Problem is, partisans only call out that behavior when the "other side" does it. Never when their own does.
Every time a president declares a "national emergency" in order to get his way on a particular issue, the closer we are to a dictatorship. Who needs Congress or the people if the president can make the decision on issues by himself? Very dangerous precedent.
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The power of the presidency has been abused and increased since Andrew Jackson. This system is supposed to have checks and balances, but it seems to me that each branch would rather operate under their own parameters and completely ignore the constitution/Federalist Papers
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This presidency serves as a great example of how the executive branch has been consolidating a massive overreach in its power over the course of the past 5 administrations. This isn’t a left vs.right problem, this is systemic corruption and why the Federalist Papers were written.
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The Patriot Act supports his overreach.
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What's dangerous is a congress that refuses to do what's right because they don't like the president. Shameful!
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This is the only comment that is accurate.
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You can’t blame the president for our congress being dysfunctional. Dems don’t care about anything except defying POTUS. GOP just talks a lot. It’s their job to protect us & they don’t. So he will.
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So you’re willing to disrupt the system and flirt with dictatorship over it?
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@TulsiGabbard Hey drama queen... 58 times since Carter.pic.twitter.com/gHo2jNrIq1
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Denying there is a crisis at the border after ever president since Clinton has said there is one is nothing but partisan politics. If Congress did it’s job there would be no need for a national emergency- but everyone is too busy campaigning for 2020 to fix it.
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"...said there is one..." is the key here. I grew up in Texas, no emergency at the boarder ever.
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Agree generally Representative; but it’s hardly something Trump invented. How many EOs did Obama sign to circumvent an opposite party Congress?
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I think we’re already there. I don’t think the 2 party system helps. Each wants everything their own way with little compromise. No debates using facts & ideas. Just demands. At least you bring some diversity. Even if your running as a democrat.
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Yeah but one side is just lies and misdirection, and playing to racists.
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Ohhhh, like Obama did when he used it for DACA? It’s been used for several presidents if congress would do it’s job it wouldn’t be needed.
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Congress avoids doing its job by kicking can to courts or executive branch.
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Not a precedent when every president has done it since 1976.
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File this under, "Things I learned on my field trip to Syria".
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Here’s what you need to know about Syria. It’s a land grad so Saudi Arabia could connect to the Nabucco pipeline to sell natural gas from fields in Qatar worth 5 trillion$. They are comepeting with Iran. It’s never about saving people.pic.twitter.com/1DoJzKjXJT
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