GOP Rep. Shuts Down Trump Plan To End Birthright Citizenship: ‘You Can’t End It’

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Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) pushed back against President Trump’s apparent interest in ending birthright citizenship via executive order, tweeting that citizenship for babies born in the U.S. is “protected by the Constitution” and can’t be ended by an executive order.

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  1. Remember when President Obama decided to resort to Executive Orders to circumvent Mitch McConnell /the Do Nothing GOP Senate block and the Freedom Caucus? I recall even middle of the road Republicans accusing President Obama as acting like a Dictator. How much you want to bet not a single one of them will use the word for what Trump is trying to do?

  2. " I*m the Presidunce , I can do what I want . "

  3. Trump don’t need no stinkin’ Constitution.

  4. [C]itizenship for babies born in the U.S. is “protected by the Constitution” and can’t be ended by an executive order.

    Trump: hold my beer.

  5. Justice Kavanaugh agrees

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