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“Every president expands power! This is normal!”
What You Say
No prior president claimed criminal immunity for official acts, ordered birthright citizenship revoked by executive order, or deployed the military against domestic protesters as a campaign strategy. CRS and SCOTUS opinions document unprecedented expansions of unitary executive theory. Normalizing it guarantees the next authoritarian starts where this one left off.
The Stab
It wasn't normal when Obama did less. Don't pretend it is now.
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