In 2011, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott said that if Obama raised the debt ceiling via the 14th Amendment rather than Congress it would be an impeachable offense. Tim Scott voted against convicting Donald Trump for blackmailing Ukraine and then for trying to overthrow the United States government.
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Fun Fact: The Barack Obama of Brooklyn
Hakeem Jeffries was called the Barack Obama of Brooklyn when he was first elected to Congress. Jeffrey’s downplays the similarities, but both him and President Obama share the same birthday, August 4th.
Fun Fact: Obama vs Trump Golfing
Despite criticizing Barack Obama for golfing so much during his two terms, in their first calendar year Obama had golfed 27 times, Trump had done about three times that number. Trump numbers are hard to verify as when he stays at his own resorts, they don’t make the golf outings known to the press. Most…
Fun Fact: Obama’s Knowledge of the Constitution
Despite baseless claims from right-wing critics and conservatives that President Obama knows “nothing” of the U.S. Constitution, is far from the fact. Before politics, Barack Obama was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. His subject of teaching? Constitutional law.
Fun Fact: The Obama Dogs
In 2008, then President-elect Barack Obama got his daughters a dog named Bo. He was picked since he was a Portuguese Water Dog, which is a breed that doesn’t affect his daughter Malia’s allergies.