Remember when republicans accused Obama of being a tyrannical dictator?

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When Barack Obama was president, Republicans routinely warned that he was assuming dictatorial powers, stretching the authority of the executive branch beyond what the framers intended and running roughshod over the checks and balances that make our system so extraordinary.

They began making these claims from his first days in office, beginning with a bizarre obsession over “czars,” and it continued until he left office, with arguments about his alleged overreach on immigration, guns, education and a whole range of other issues. Republicans were united in their belief that what the United States desperately needed was a chief executive who would know his place.

Yet today, with a Republican in the Oval Office, you will be shocked to learn that the specter of presidential tyranny no longer haunts the dreams of Republicans. In fact, they’re embracing the very techniques and methods of wielding power that they decried when Obama was using them.

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“I want to not use too many executive orders, folks. Executive orders sort of came about more recently. Nobody ever heard of an executive order. Then all of a sudden Obama, because he couldn’t get anybody to agree with him, he starts signing them like they’re butter. So I want to do away with executive orders for the most part.”

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