Why Speaker Ryan can’t be ‘trusted’ on Obama and immigration
When it comes to comprehensive immigration reform, everything old is new again. All the obstruction and careless rhetoric about not trusting the president flung around by former House speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was picked up by new Speaker Paul Ryan. And just because the Wisconsin congressman says it with such conviction doesn’t make what he says true.
Ryan made his unprompted assertion during an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd that aired Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
The president has proven himself untrustworthy on this issue, because he tried to unilaterally rewrite the law himself. Presidents don’t write laws. Congress does. The president’s proven himself to be untrustworthy on this issue. I think if we reach consensus on something like border enforcement, interior security, that’s one thing. But I do not believe we should advance comprehensive immigration legislation with a president who’s proven himself untrustworthy on this issue.
Let’s unpack this, shall we.
“The president has proven himself untrustworthy on this issue, because he tried to unilaterally rewrite the law himself.” The speaker is referring to the executive actions the president took a year ago this month to address some of the festering issues around illegal immigration.
“Presidents don’t write laws. Congress does.” Thanks to “Schoolhouse Rock,” we all know that that is how it is supposed to work. In fact, that’s how it did work in 2013 when the bipartisan Gang of Eight (four Republicans and four Democrats) in the Senate cobbled together a bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill that passed with an astounding 68 votes. And then the legislation went to the House.
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