The New Presidential Oath of Office
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States… BUT… I will also respect the fact that…”
“We’re a nation of laws, but we’re also respecting the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants.” —Obama #ObamaTownHall pic.twitter.com/rv3elfwllz
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2015
Got that? The “smartest man ever” to occupy the Office of the President of the United States, a “constitutional scholar,” Harvard’s first black Law Review editor, the man who is to “take care” that the nation’s laws are “faithfully executed,” just told the world (via an immigration-themed town-hall in Miami) there’s now available a personal “moral” exception to more than 200 years of constitutional bedrock… because dead white men who were slave-holders or something.
Important to note: The White House itself tweeted this. This wasn’t Fox, or Drudge, or Rush, or some other Right-Wing-Nut-Job… THE WHITE HOUSE tweeted this statement from the President. THINK about the HUBRIS of that. The F*CK YOU of it to every single American. THINK. And let that sink in.
We are so screwed… and nobody seems to care.