Obama Drops A Major Truth Bomb On The GOP: They’re Suing Because They Don’t Like Him

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Things are going from bad to worse for the Republicans as President Obama is openly calling out John Boehner and the GOP for suing because they don’t like him.

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The president said:

As long as Congress will not increase wages for workers, I will go and talk to every business in America if I have to. There’s no denying a simple truth: America deserves a raise, and if you work full-time in this country, you shouldn’t live in poverty. That’s something that we all believe.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. There are a number of Republicans, including a number in the Texas delegation, who are mad at me for taking these actions. They actually plan to sue me. Now, I don’t know which things they find most offensive — me helping to create jobs, or me raising wages, or me easing the student loan burdens, or me making sure women can find out whether they’re getting paid the same as men for doing the same job. I don’t know which of these actions really bug them.

The truth is, even with all the actions I’ve taken this year, I’m issuing executive orders at the lowest rate in more than 100 years. So it’s not clear how it is that Republicans didn’t seem to mind when President Bush took more executive actions than I did. Maybe it’s just me they don’t like. I don’t know. Maybe there’s some principle out there that I haven’t discerned, that I haven’t figure out. You hear some of them — “sue him,” “impeach him.” Really? Really? For what? You’re going to sue me for doing my job? Okay.

I mean, think about that. You’re going to use taxpayer money to sue me for doing my job — while you don’t do your job.

There’s a great movie called “The Departed” — a little violent for kids. But there’s a scene in the movie where Mark Wahlberg — they’re on a stakeout and somehow the guy loses the guy that they’re tracking. And Wahlberg is all upset and yelling at the guy. And the guy looks up and he says, “Well, who are you?” And Wahlberg says, “I’m the guy doing my job. You must be the other guy.” Sometimes, I feel like saying to these guys, I’m the guy doing my job, you must be the other guy.

So rather than wage another political stunt that wastes time, wastes taxpayers’ money, I’ve got a better idea: Do something. If you’re mad at me for helping people on my own, let’s team up. Let’s pass some bills. Let’s help America together.

When Obama starts quoting Marky Mark, it’s getting real.

The president is having a field day with the Republican threats to sue, and the demands for impeachment. Obama dropped a major truth bomb on Republicans by calling out the real reasons behind Boehner’s lawsuit. The Republicans want to sue the president because they don’t like him. George W. Bush pulled off the biggest executive power grab since Nixon, and nobody on the right side of the aisle tried to sue him.

President Obama has already turned the American people against this lawsuit before it has even been filed. Obama is trivializing their lawsuit, and highlighting why it is a complete waste of time and taxpayer resources. There was nothing but the truth in the president’s comments. Republicans are suing him because he is doing his job, and they don’t like him.

Boehner can’t explain the legal basis for his lawsuit against the president, but Obama can explain why the Speaker is doing what he is doing with a single sentence. This is another battle that Republicans have already lost before it began. Obama has already won in the court of public opinion and if House Republicans try to take him to federal court, they will lose.

Speaker Boehner has painted himself into a corner. The most likely outcome for Boehner is that the House passes his bill to speed up the process of suing the president while Harry Reid lets the bill die in the Senate and the Speaker never files a lawsuit because it would take too long to litigate.

Obama sarcastically mocked Boehner’s big political gambit for 2014, and he has left House Republicans reeling after another failed attempt to destroy his presidency.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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