Not surprisingly, former President Barack Obama had a lot to say about the Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to discontinue DACA, and his 800-word Facebook post really does throw into sharp relief the differences that made him so beloved among progressives who see it as their duty to resist every effort made by his successor.
Barack Obama’s 800+ word DACA statement https://t.co/I3XxwUkReo pic.twitter.com/fCJeaX591J
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 5, 2017
An 800+ word #DACA tantrum by America's greatest man-child. https://t.co/8chu719jvR
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) September 5, 2017
Here’s a link to the Facebook post, but here’s the deal: as a lawyer who worked on DACA tweeted last week, any legal challenge to DACA “is very likely to succeed,” and proponents are probably best off crossing their fingers and hoping Justice Anthony Kennedy sides with them when the challenge inevitably reaches the Supreme Court.
That’s because DACA is not the law, and President Trump made it clear he’s putting the ball in Congress’s court. That’s why Obama’s post will ring so nostalgic for liberals who still miss him dearly. Why implement DACA via executive order? Because deporting DREAMers “made no sense” and would have been “cruel” and “contrary to our spirit.” Trump’s decision wasn’t “required legally” — it’s “a moral question,” after all.
Who needs the democratic process? https://t.co/7MwM4TUGh6
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 5, 2017
"I failed to take into account someone else would some day control the pen and the phone." https://t.co/tRCwXEgOym
— BT (@back_ttys) September 5, 2017
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But “now that the White House has shifted its responsibility for these young people to Congress, it’s up to Members of Congress to protect these young people and our future,” he continues. He’s sort of right; actually, it’s up to Members of Congress to represent the American citizens who elected them.
The thing is, of course he knew all of this full well back at the time; check out what we said about it being a “stopgap measure.”
"This is a temporary stopgap measure…Precisely because it is temporary, Congress needs to act” @BarackObama in '12 https://t.co/qWANi90oze
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) September 5, 2017
It’s always all about the feelings with this guy.
Obama describes DACA recipients as “best” “brightest” “talented” “patriotic” “hopeful” who are “Americans in their hearts”- but not illegal
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 5, 2017
Clearly Obama likes the illegals better than he likes actual Americans. https://t.co/tthTCIyNtn
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 5, 2017
And he did them a great disservice by providing false hope predicated on unconstitutionality.
— Excessively Diverted (@JuliaGulia809) September 5, 2017
Let's be clear: The action taken by Obama was unconstitutional. https://t.co/d1u3NPIiJt
— Mary Grace™ ??*American* (@MaryGraceMedia) September 5, 2017
Yep.
Obama is incapable of anything but lecturing and sanctimony https://t.co/NSUqrUF9GK
— Hohenzollern (@todayinpol) September 5, 2017
Reminder to @BarackObama
YOU are no longer President. YOU should have done it the constitutional way if you wanted immigration solved. https://t.co/f2D8o1iNwW— ?#LockThemUp ?? (@kelleyh1961) September 5, 2017
Only person to blame for the current predicament for dreamers is Obama. He knowingly enacted an unconstitutional order to appease his base.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) September 4, 2017
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ Obama lawyer who worked on DACA admits it’s probably unconstitutional https://t.co/Fty1nJkyVC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 5, 2017
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