[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. criticized President B.O. moments ago for his speech promoting gun control and abusing his executive powers. The president initiated 23 executive orders during his presser, vowing to "use whatever weight this office holds" to promote his agenda.In a statement, Rubio warned that Obama's use of executive power was troubling.
"Making matters worse is that President B.O. is again abusing his power by imposing his policies via executive fiat instead of allowing them to be debated in Congress," he said. "President B.O.'s frustration with our republic and the way it works doesn't give him license to ignore the Constitution."
Rubio added that Obama's proposals would not have actually prevented the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and were threatening the Second Amendment rights of legal gun owners.
"President B.O. is targeting the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens instead of seriously addressing the real underlying causes of such violence," Rubio said.