Yesterday Tom Carper heaped praise on his GOP buddy Tom Coburm of Oklahoma. After praising Coburn, he handed over the gavel of an Ebola hearing to the nutbag:
“I don’t want to chair this hearing today. I want Tom Coburn to chair it,” Mr. Carper said from the dais on Wednesday. “So I’m going to pass tho gavel over to him and put him in charge, and I’m going to try to be a good wingman. All right, Thomas, it’s all yours.”
What did the grand gesture of bipartisanship get Carper? Well, LATER THE SAME DAY Coburn predicted “anarchy” and “violence” will be the result of any executive order on immigration.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma warned Wednesday that the country could witness outbreaks of “anarchy” and “violence” if, as expected, President Obama signs an executive order sparing millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation.
Speaking with USA Today’s Susan Page, Coburn predicted that executive action could set off a spiral of lawlessness.
“I don’t think it’s so much the Republican reaction here,” Coburn replied after Page asked how Republicans would respond to the order. ”The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very dangerous situation. You’re going to see — hopefully not — but you could see instances of anarchy. … You could see violence.”
While Coburn neglected to mention that the Keystone Pipeline is the true root of the problems facing the nation, I guess this statement serves as some of the famous “reciprocity” Carper claims the GOP is so eager to spread around.