On his Wednesday program, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh questioned whether Speaker John Boehner’s recent tough talk on President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is “just for show” or if he’s actually “following through” on his rhetoric.
On the House floor Wednesday morning prior to their vote on the Department of Homeland Security, Boehner read aloud for nearly five minutes the 22 times Obama intimated that he was unable to go it alone on immigration reform via executive reforms.
“To think that the president of the United States studied constitutional law!” Boehner said lambasting Obama. “He didn’t just learn constitutional law. He taught it himself.”
“Enough is enough!” Boehner added.
However, Limbaugh was skeptical of Boehner’s sudden anti-amnesty rhetoric. The conservative titan told his audience that what happens after either Obama vetoes the bill or it dies in the Senate, which does not fund segments of DHS that deal with Obama’s executive action, will be “the moment of truth.”
“I think the House is gonna pass a bill. I don’t know what the Senate’s gonna do, but I know Obama’s gonna veto it, and I know that that will then be the moment of truth,” Limbaugh said.
“That’s when we’re gonna find out what the House Republican leadership is all about, after Obama vetoes it. In other words, is all of this just for show for us?” Limbaugh explained.
“It won’t be long before we find out. By ‘us’ I mean conservatives who keep electing Republicans, keep demanding that they finally get in gear and stop this stuff,” Limbaugh said. “Are they just playing games with us or do they really now understand what we want and are prepared to act on it? There’s a lot of doubt about that.”