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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul Likens Obama Executive Action on Immigration To Japanese Internment Camp Order
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened President Barack Obama's decision to take executive action on immigration to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order authorizing putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II. Paul made the comments on Friday, a day after Obama formally announced the executive actions, at the Kentucky Association of Counties conference in Lexington, Kentucky.
"I care that too much power gets in one place. Why? Because there are instances in our history where we allow power to gravitate toward one person and that one person then makes decisions that really are egregious," Paul said. "Think of what happened in World War II where they made the decision. The president issued an executive order. He said to Japanese people 'we're going to put you in a camp. We're going to take away all your rights and liberties and we're going to intern you in a camp.'"
"We shouldn't allow that much power to gravitate to one individual. We need to separate the power." The video of Paul's comments were clipped by the Democratic-leaning opposition research shop American Bridge. Watch Paul below: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-barack-obama-executive-order-immigration-japanese-american-internment-camp
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Rand Paul Likens Obama Executive Action on Immigration To Japanese Internment Camp Order (Original Post)
big_dog
Nov 2014
OP
This is what happens when a poor education system fails to teach history in High School.
gordianot
Nov 2014
#9
spanone
(135,883 posts)1. oy...what an idjit...kentucky deserves so much better.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)2. Rightwingers are insane....
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)3. Rand Paul is an ass and a fool who
wouldn't have a clue if one smacked him upside the head. That is as nice as I can get.
emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)4. RAND PAUL DO YOUR FUCKING JOB and GOVERN. AND SHUT YOUR FUCKING PIE HOLE
louis-t
(23,297 posts)5. Rand Paul needs to be in a camp.
Spazito
(50,483 posts)6. He's said many stupid things but this one is in my top three 'winners'...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. The glue from that gawdawful rug must be seeping through his skull.
Blue Owl
(50,507 posts)11. Piece be with him
n/t
Spazito
(50,483 posts)16. LOL! n/t
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)17. DUzy!!
Kingofalldems
(38,487 posts)8. RW headlines for the day.
A little late today though.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)9. This is what happens when a poor education system fails to teach history in High School.
Gothmog
(145,605 posts)10. Rand Paul is an idiot
0rganism
(23,971 posts)12. what? more like the OPPOSITE of that
instead of taking away rights and liberties, it grants conditional priveleges and freedoms
rightwingers thrive on spouting the opposite of the truth, over and over and over again, until the media audience accepts it as true.
Cha
(297,703 posts)13. Isn't that special.. rand paul pandering to his idtiotic constituents.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)14. No doubt casting white RW idiots in the role of the oppressed.
betsuni
(25,638 posts)15. Listening to that made some of my brain cells commit harakiri.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)18. Of course many DUers will give Paul a pass for this
like they excuse all his other antics since he's supposedly against the NSA...