{"id":6181,"date":"2014-11-20T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=6181"},"modified":"2017-09-18T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:51:48","slug":"obamas-amnesty-plan-incremental-true-to-leftist-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/11\/20\/obamas-amnesty-plan-incremental-true-to-leftist-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Amnesty Plan Incremental, True to Leftist Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ptt916m0n4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Bottom line: <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/P21Index.html\">Project 21<\/a> member <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/bios\/P21Speakers_Green.html\">Derryck Green<\/a> said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe the President\u201d when it comes to Obama\u2019s assurances that his executive action on immigration is not amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Blaze TV host Dana Loesch on her eponymously named \u201cDana\u201d program on 11\/20\/14 \u2013 just hours before the Obama\u2019s address to the nation \u2013 Derryck laid out how he saw the President\u2019s strategy and how he thinks the President\u2019s critics should respond.<\/p>\n<p>Derryck took the President at his word, but did so while revealing the doublespeak:<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, it\u2019s not amnesty \u2013 but it\u2019s the first step toward amnesty.\u00a0 The President knows specifically what he\u2019s doing, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s doing it now [after the election]\u2026 Obviously, if this was going to benefit the American people, he would have been out there talking about it.\u00a0 People would have been campaigning on it.\u00a0 But no one said a word until now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cynical ploy by the President to do it and not wait for the incoming Congress because the President has a particular ideological vision for the country and he wants to implement that.<\/p>\n<p>And part of that is a step toward amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>Why doesn\u2019t Derryck think that Obama wants to seem \u201call in\u201d right away?\u00a0 \u201cEverything left does is incremental,\u201d Derryck warned.<\/p>\n<p>As for the future, Derryck also warned Obama\u2019s immigration strategy is likely just the beginning:<\/p>\n<p>[It\u2019s] a clear indication on what the last two years of this presidency is going to look like.\u00a0 And I think that Republicans and conservatives have to take that into consideration and start crafting messages \u2013 not falling into these political provocations that the President is trying to set for them.<\/p>\n<p>Derryck suggested conservatives in control of Congress make Obama put his money where his mouth is by sending him a reform bill as soon as possible.\u00a0 Give Obama a bill that truly helps fix the problems with America\u2019s immigration system and make the President seriously consider the issue rather than just waging political warfare.<\/p>\n<p>But Derryck said this will take a lot of political gumption from some members of Congress. \u00a0To stand up to Obama, timid lawmakers need to find a \u201cfire in the gut\u201d and eschew the \u201cgo along to get along\u201d mentality that grips too many professional politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will this help rein in a president who seems to believe he\u2019s akin to an emperor, but it will also help to end the chronic contempt that the public has toward Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom line: Project 21 member Derryck Green said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe the President\u201d when it comes to Obama\u2019s assurances that his executive action on immigration is not amnesty. 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