or sue. what it points out is what s not getting done in congress. there is one big difference. at least there was an allegation. right. at least there was something to try and make impeachable. this this regard they don t have an allegation. this is all imaginary. reaching in thin air. they raised the question to speaker boehner, what is the specifics of your lawsuit. let me let the speaker speak for himself. what specific executive action or actions are you planning to challenge in court? when i make that decision, i will let you know. doesn t that say it all? you are threatening a lawsuit with the president of the united states saying his executive
stop action on immigration. he s like shooting his parents and throwing himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan. pass a bill. that won t happen. if, if, if. they don t bring a bill to the floor the president has no choice on a humanitarian basis and a policy basis to act where he can on his own. this lawsuit is the latest laughable attempt for party leaders to appease a far right friend. that s never expected this president as legitimate from the beginning. it started as tea party rallies with calling the president a soviet-style dictator. then the right wing media ran with it. i m warning you, america. this is the sign of a dictator. my next guest has decided to
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climate change. that s the fight we want to have. this may help republicans with the base. it even backfired on them on fox yesterday. it really did. you know, today speaker boehner sent out a tweet. it was almost comical. the quote was, americans deserve better which is why house gop remains focused on their priorities. # jobs & the economy. i guess he had to tweet it because he couldn t say it with a straight face today. i m glad they are focused on it. i wish they would do something about it already. this is a man who is in charge of the house. this is the man john boehner who could, himself, bring immigration reform to the house floor and vote on it and it would pass tomorrow. but since he doesn t have the courage to do that, he s found ways to try to blame the president. the latest way of doing that is by saying we can t trust the president to be able to implement laws.
actions undermines congress. when a reporter says what specific executive actions are you using in the lawsuit he says, when i make that decision, i ll let you know. how can you take them seriously? that s unreal. he doesn t have are a single specific example. it just shows you how political this is. speaker boehner watched eric cantor defeated in a big way unexpectedly. he s saying, i have to keep the republican party together. i have to keep my hold on power. going against the president, calling sort of elusively or alluding to the fact that he s lawless or may deserve to be impeached. that s a winner with the base. something i can do to get folks behind me. it s nakedly political way to keep the party together. the only thing they can agree on is opposition to the president. the other thing it does and this is why i wanted to lead with this tonight, the other