Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) took
to the House floor on Friday and delivered his second memorable — and
scathing — 1-minute critique of President Barack Obama this month. See
his first one, here.
The rhetorical theme of his most recent remarks was: What would tyranny look like in the United States of America?
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (YouTube)
“Mr. Speaker, the president decided to
raise energy prices on all Americans, which adversely affects the poor
the most and he didn’t ask Congress,” Bridenstine began.
“The president decided to unilaterally
reduce our strategic nuclear deterrent when more countries than ever
have nuclear weapons, no treaty that would require consent of the
Senate,” he said. “The president has decided which health insurance
plans the people are allowed to have. The president didn’t ask congress
or the people for that matter. The list goes on.”
He added: “In America, we are either moving more towards liberty or more towards tyranny.”
Bridenstine then took aim at the Obama administration as a whole, criticizing each branch of the federal government.
“Well I think, we should ask ourselves
what tyranny would look like in the United States of America,” he
continued. “An executive branch that picks and chooses which laws it
wants to enforce. A judicial branch that would allow to do so on grounds
of the executive branch did not defend the laws in the court. The
legislative branch would have very limited power because they turned it
all over the president and the people would feel like they had no
representation.”
He concluded by circling back to
answer his own question. “The president told us he was going to
fundamentally transform America, and I think that is exactly what he is
doing. I yield back.”
Bridenstine later uploaded the video
of his remarks to YouTube. The video is titled, “What would tyranny look
like in America? Look around.”
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