on russian sanctions...is the ball back in congress' court or does the 'president' just ignore...

[spanone]

the law with no consequences?

Link to tweet

Congress voted 517-5 to impose sanctions on Russia. The President decides to ignore that law. Folks that is a constitutional crisis. There should be outrage in every corner of this country.

[Me.]

1. What About Overrides

[spanone]

2. with republicans owning both houses of congress, i have little hope of that

[Me.]

3. Even With 517-5?

[spanone]

7. i haven't heard it mentioned...not once

[Me.]

8. You Mean An Intention To Override?

[spanone]

11. yes.

[malaise]

15. I heard it mentioned a few times

but it deserves way more attention because it speaks to the 'state of the union'.

[spanone]

16. thanks!

[Cosmocat]

4. Can you imagine what would be going on if this exact situation occurred with a DEM POTUS

[Moostache]

6. They would be marching a gallows in front of the Washington Monument...

And the sackcloth and ashes would be ubiquitous.

I loathe the hypocrisy of the GOP more with every passing second, but I find myself loathing my fellow citizens who wallow in the slop with them even more. People who are being royally fucked over by a party that hates them anyway and yet still they drink the Kool-Aid, carry the water and pretend everything is great because "we beat them libtards!!!"

Fuck this whole country, its time for the experiment in self-rule's first iteration to die and be replaced with something new, now.

[Cosmocat]

18. Yeah

We the people have chosen to blow this up, and for no good reason other than latent perverse nature of 1/3 of the country/obliviousness of 1/3 of the country.

[California_Republic]

9. Overrides? He signed the original bill.

He’s just not implementing them

[Me.]

10. Thanks For The Answer

Next question...why do they need his co-operation if the bill has already been passed?

[California_Republic]

12. Separation of power

Legislative passes the laws,
Executive branch is in charge of implementing them

[Me.]

17. Thanks

[unblock]

5. it only works if congress is willing to fight for it.

find something donnie wants and refuse to give it until he enforces the sanctions.

or pass a stronger sanctions law that doesn't give donnie easy ways out.


odds of this happening with republicans in charge of both houses of congress?

not good.

[kentuck]

13. If they are not interested in oversight or balance of powers....

...they will do nothing.

[uponit7771]

14. +1, CU opened up the floodgates to Russian money and they're all on the take or know people

... who are.

Buncha sellouts