We've all heard about the
revelation that the NSA has been illegally wiretapping American citizens under the
orders of our Commander-and-Chief. Even most Republicans won't support these blatantly illegal and Unconstitutional acts.
But at least one is openly proud of the President breaking the law.
On the CNN show hosted by Wolf Blitzer,
The Situation Room, former Republican Rep. Bob Barr and current Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) debated the tactics that have recently come to light. Barr strongly opposed them while Rohrabacher predictably supported the President's Orwellian policy.
As the debate drew to a close, this exchange occurred:
BARR: Here again, this is absolutely a bizarre conversation where you have a member of Congress saying that it's okay for the president of the United States to ignore U.S. law, to ignore the Constitution, simply because we are in an undeclared war.
The fact of the matter is the law prohibits -- specifically prohibits -- what apparently was done in this case, and for a member of Congress to say, oh, that doesn't matter, I'm proud that the president violated the law is absolutely astounding, Wolf.
ROHRABACHER: Not only proud, we can be grateful to this president. You know, I'll have to tell you, if it was up to Mr. Schumer, Senator Schumer, they probably would have blown up the Brooklyn Bridge. The bottom line is this: in wartime we expect our leaders, yes, to exercise more authority.
Now, I have led the fight to making sure there were sunset provisions in the Patriot Act, for example. So after the war, we go back to recognizing the limits of government. But we want to put the full authority that we have and our technology to use immediately to try to thwart terrorists who are going to -- how about have a nuclear weapon in our cities?
BARR: And the Constitution be damned, Dana?
ROHRABACHER: Well, I'll tell you something, if a nuclear weapon goes off in Washington, DC, or New York or Los Angeles, it'll burn the Constitution as it does. So I'm very happy we have a president that's going to wiretap people's communication with people overseas to make sure that they're not plotting to blow up one of our cities.
This Republican House of Representatives member openly admits that he supports the violation of US federal law by the President of the United States and the establishment of a government with absolute power during "wartime." Not only is that disgusting, but it is a violation of the oath required of him to defend the US Constitution..
"I, <name>, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
Representative Dana Rohrabacher took the oath and has now violated it.