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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:16 PM Nov 2014

Republican Governors Seethe Over Obama’s Pending Move on Immigration


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Many of them seethed visibly over the issue. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas accused the president of “sticking his finger into the eye of the American people” after an election that gave Republicans control over both houses of Congress.

Several governors threatened legal action to block the measure. “I would go to the courts,” said Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. “This is illegal.”

Mr. Perry called a lawsuit against the Obama administration “a very real possibility.”

But amid the promises of retaliation and obstruction, many of the governors began to confront the sheer complexity of the new legal landscape for millions of their residents.


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Republican Governors Seethe Over Obama’s Pending Move on Immigration (Original Post) kpete Nov 2014 OP
Funny...the Republicans wanted Obama to surrender and become a powerless lame duck Cali_Democrat Nov 2014 #1
I bet they're Seething. :) Suck it repub Liars Cha Nov 2014 #2
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
1. Funny...the Republicans wanted Obama to surrender and become a powerless lame duck
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:19 PM
Nov 2014

for the next two years.

Turns out Obama never got the memo.

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