WASHINGTON (AP) – It was only a few months ago when Republicans routinely blasted the president for what they called his executive overreach and his failure to tout America’s superiority over other nations. Not so much anymore.
Now that Barack Obama is out of the White House, Republicans have become noticeably quiet on a host of issues that used to spark their criticism.
In the last few days, President Donald Trump’s actions have thrown the spotlight on three things Republicans don’t seem to mind now that their fellow Republican is in charge:
RELYING ON EXECUTIVE ACTION:
For years, Republicans skewered Obama for allegedly ruling by fiat, accusing him of acting like an “emperor” for using executive orders to push through his agenda. That was especially true when it came to Obama’s decision to protect from deportation more than 700,000 young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.