Last night former White House spokesdouche Jay Carney did the unthinkable and admitted that Barack Obama’s announcement to single-handedly delay deportations and to grant work permits to illegal immigrants, was a direct contradiction his own repeatedly declarations.
“Other than his frustration, what has changed?” CNN host Anderson Cooper asked. “I mean, he’s a constitution scholar. What has changed that allows him to do this?”“I think if he could have those words back, especially the first clip where he specifically talked about suspending deportations,” Carney replied. “That is literally what he is doing today.”
Those words Jay Corny refers to are public statements from Obama that stretch out for years where he constantly explained why it was illegal for him to change immigration laws without Congress, and railed against President Bush’s executive orders.
Here’s a video of Obama giving speeches specifically explaining how he does not have the authority as president to unilaterally act on immigration:
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, a whopping 53 percent oppose Obama’s plan to shield as many as five million illegal immigrants from deportation and the extension of legal work permits.Send this to a friend