“Radical progressives violate Constitution and statute to further enrich the well-off at the expense of everyone else” would be a more accurate way to state what the president has done. He has yet again abused emergency powers to pursue a reckless and senseless policy.
To the extent it is possible, the order must be challenged in court and hindered by every legal means available. Republicans have rightly blasted the move, with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell calling it a “slap in the face to working Americans.” They should devote the time from now to Election Day exposing this grotesque giveaway to voters and reasserting reality: The U.S. president is not an omnipotent genie placed behind the Resolute desk to grant partisan wishes by the stroke of his pen.
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