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| Birthright citizen revocation as legitimate … |
It’s
something that goes so contrary to the concepts of the U.S. Constitution whose
ideals the president is supposed to be upholding (remember that oath of office?).
If anything, the fact that Trump could conceive of such an idea is merely the
ultimate evidence that he’s unfit to hold elective office.
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| … as 3rd presidential term for Obama |
BUT
IT IS far from the only absurd idea I have heard when it comes to people who
think they’re having intelligent discussion about our government operations.
Just
the other night, I happened to be a part of a dinner-type conversation with people
who came up with an idea for picking the next president. One that I’m sharing
solely because I know the very concept will grossly offend the sensibilities of
those individuals who think Trump has a good idea with regards to birthright
citizenship.
These
people would like to see one-time Vice President Joe Biden (who is in Illinois
Wednesday for a pair of appearances on behalf of congressional candidates whose
election would undermine the president’s political strength) run for president with Obama as a running-mate, then resign upon victory!
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| BIDEN: Scheming to be president-elect only? |
I
can already envision the veins bursting in the heads of all the people to whom
Obama was everything that could ever be wrong with this country (because he wasn’t
exactly like them). I also want to tell all of those people to relax – it can’t
happen!
It
took just a few minutes for me to look up the law to see that anybody
ineligible to be elected president (as Obama is because he’s already maxed out
at two, four-year terms) is also ineligible to ascend to the presidency.
BASICALLY,
I SUPPOSE Obama could be elected V-P (although I can’t envision why he’d want
to be), but he would then be skipped over. The House Speaker would become next
in line of succession to be president.
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| BOLSONARO: Trump's new political idol? |
In
short, it’s political gibberish. Pure nonsense. Just like the ideas that Trump
is now putting out there about birthright citizenship, which is the concept
that anybody actually born in within the boundaries of the United States or its
territories is a U.S. citizen – regardless of what circumstances brought them
here or their parents’ life stories.
Of
course, in the mindsets of followers of this Age of Trump we’re now in, it’s
the legal loophole that allows a batch of filthy Mexicans to sneak into this
country, give birth to kids and have those children be able to claim U.S. citizenship
and all its benefits – both for themselves and, by extension, for their
parents.
That’s
an overly-complex conspiracy theory if you think about it. You probably have way
too much free time on your hands if you believe there’s any significant truth
to it.
BESIDES,
THE IDEA of birthright citizenship has its backing in the U.S. Constitution.
Which means Trump could theoretically sign off on an amendment if he could go
through the years-long process of getting Congress, then a majority of state
legislatures to back it.
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| Not just the law, would Michelle allow it? |
He
certainly can’t merely draft an executive order, sign it, then have it be so.
Unless he’s envious of Jair Bolsonero, the newly-elected president of Brazil –
whom many think is a right-wing tyrant who will take his country in a dangerous
direction. The same one that, I suspect, Trump would like to do with the U.S.A.
There
are those who think Trump’s real motivation is to stir up a debate in coming
days so as to motivate his ideologically-inclined voters to turn out on Election
Day, and that the idea could go on the back-burner come Nov. 7.
But
even if that’s true, it is scary to think people in positions of power could be
vacuous-enough to believe something so absurd is possible. In short, the 2020
election cycle can’t come soon enough!
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