'If the smoking gun leads to the White House, we have to take action'
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WASHINGTON – “There’s a lot to look at and I think, at some point, if the smoking gun leads to the White House, we have to take action,” Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, soberly reflected.
He was talking about impeachment, and it’s not the first time he’s considered it.
Back in January, Stockman considered pursuing impeachment charges if President Obama implemented gun-control measures without congressional approval.
Stockman called such executive action “an existential threat to this nation,” because, “Under no circumstances whatsoever may the government take any action that disarms any peaceable person — much less without due process through an executive declaration without a vote of Congress or a ruling of a court.”
President Obama did enact a series of relatively minor gun-control measures by executive order, after losing a fight in the Senate to expand background checks on gun purchases.
Now, it’s deja-vu all over again, with another shooting followed by more executive actions.
After Washington Yard shooter Aaron Alexis killed 12 people Monday, President Obama announced plans to implement two more executive orders, including expanding background checks to sales online and at gun shows.
So WND asked Stockman if he thought it is time to revisit his consideration of impeachment.
Reposted with permission.
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