John Kerry Applauds Obama for Circumventing Congress


Speaking at a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Before The Flood”, Secretary of State John Kerry celebrated the bankruptcy of coal companies across America due to Obama’s draconian energy policies. In addition, Kerry heaped praise on the president for disregarding the government’s separation of powers and sidestepping Congress in order to further combat climate change:

“Keeping one foot perpetually lodged in his mouth, Kerry also praised Obama for getting around that pesky ‘checks and balances’ problem, hailing the president for his ability to ‘circumvent Congress’ (and its publicly-elected representatives) and make sweeping unilateral changes that have devastated large swaths of America’s energy sector.

President Obama put in place a national climate action program – a plan for America – and I think history is going to be very respectful of the way in which he has been able to circumvent Congress, who didn’t want to do anything,and so he’s really found what are the constitutional powers that he can exercise administratively, and he’s done administratively what he hasn’t been able to get out of Congress.

So whether it’s truck standards, efficiency standards for appliances, or set-asides of marine protection areas, or national parks and so forth, I think not since Teddy Roosevelt have we had a president who has been as forward-leaning on the environment as President Obama has been.”

Source: MRC TV



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