House Democrat Gives Trump Stark Reminder About Presidential Duties | EUROtoday

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) reminded President Donald Trump that he has an obligation to uphold the U.S. Constitution, following brazen, repeated solutions that he shouldn’t be restricted by the courtroom system as a result of the American folks elected him.

“The notion that because he won an election that he should be able to ignore the Constitution or violate our laws is preposterous,” Goldman mentioned on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt” on Wednesday. “Every president wins an election.”

“That does not mean that they get to just make up whatever laws they want and decide which ones they’re going to comply with and which ones they aren’t,” he argued. “Donald Trump does not get to decide what the law is, the Supreme Court and the judiciary does.”

The section was prompted by a Truth Social publish earlier that day wherein Trump denounced “Our Court System” and “Activist judges” for supposedly stopping him from doing “the job I was Elected to do.”

Trump launched mass deportations shortly after assuming workplace in January, and whereas his base is totally on board with the ensuing raids, arrests and expulsions, some judges have tried to dam the president’s efforts — which have already resulted in horrific errors.

The Trump administration brazenly admitted in March to mistakenly deporting Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a brutal jail there, regardless of a U.S. immigration decide ruling in 2019 that he can’t be despatched again because of warranted fears of gang retribution.

Garcia had lived within the U.S. for 14 years along with his spouse and kids; Trump has not solely defied the Supreme Court by refusing to assist facilitate his return from El Salvador, however has steadily recommended his workplace shouldn’t be sure by the authorized commonplace of due course of.

Trump painted his deportation coverage as a simply campaign towards the “most dangerous people on Earth” throughout Sunday’s interview on “Meet the Press” — and mentioned, “I was elected to get them the hell out of here and the courts are holding me from doing it.”

When requested if he doesn’t nonetheless must uphold the Constitution, Trump mentioned: “I don’t know.”

Trump has also recently floated the idea of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons.

“I don’t think he is abiding by the Constitution,” Goldman said Wednesday. “He needs to. The Republicans here in the House and over in the Senate need to pressure him to do so publicly, because our Constitution and our fundamental Democracy hangs in the balance.”

“And his behavior is escalating,” he continued. “It’s becoming more aggressive, more antagonistic to the courts, … the rule of law … [and] the Constitution. And if Republicans do not speak out for our Constitution, then we’re heading down a really dangerous path.”