The “Trump Is a Tyrant” Critics Defended Biden’s “Imperial Presidency”

Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder

“There must be a stronger word than hypocrisy to describe the media/Democrat reaction to President Donald Trump’s legitimate and commonsense interpretation of the 14th Amendment and ‘birthright citizenship’. Section 1 reads: ‘All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.’ Trump rejects the widely accepted interpretation that the 14th Amendment grants immediate citizenship to any child born on American soil, even if the child’s parents are in the country illegally. … Sen. Jacob Howard of Michigan, who introduced the amendment, said, ‘[The 14th amendment] will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of person.'” [editor’s note: Odd how “conservative” like Elder are now quoting Howard explicitly SAYING that the “widely accepted” interpretation, not Trump’s is correct – TLK] (01/30/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2025/01/30/the-trump-is-a-tyrant-critics-defended-bidens-imperial-presidency-n2651366