Can you imagine the meltdown Jackson Lee would have if Bush even hinted at invoking the 14th Amendment?
(Examiner) — On Thursday, Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee urged the President to act like a dictator and unilaterally raise the debt ceiling using the so-called “14th Amendment” option.
The hyperpartisan Democrat rattled off a laundry list of horribles she claimed would happen if Speaker Boehner’s bill passes:
- Medicare would be gone
- Pell Grants would not be available
- Seniors would be put out of nursing homes
- Social Security would be trampled on
- American savings would be lost
- The American dream of buying a home would be lost
- Public transportation like airplanes and trains would be somehow jeopardized
Holding a two-inch think book, Jackson Lee said, “And if we cannot pay our bills Mr. President, use the Constitution and use the 14th amendment.”
In a rambling, almost incoherent statement, she said:
“We will not suffer the idea of a one-sided government that takes away entitlements, that caps spending that is for those in need and balances an amendment on the backs of those who are suffering from devastating disasters like states like Missouri, states like Alabama, with all of the flooding…”
“Pray for America,” she added.
Jackson Lee is the latest Democrat to call for the President to usurp Congress and unilaterally raise the debt ceiling.