Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) Compares Executive Order to Increase the Debt Ceiling to the Emancipation Proclamation to End Segregation in Schools

Rep. James Clyburn likens President Obama using Executive Order in debt ceiling debacle to the Emancipation Proclamation used to end segregation in public schools.

PULLING RACE CARD: Elder statesman Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) pulled the race card of sorts, like his colleague Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee. How? Clyburn said:

"I've said time and time again, if the President gets up to August 2nd, without a piece of legislation, he should not allow this country to go into default. He should sign an Executive Order invoking the 14th Amendment and send that to all the governmental agencies for us to continue to pay our bills. He could do that with a stroke of a pen."

"We've seen many big things done in history that way. I've joked with my staff the other day, 'tele me what was the bill number of the Emancipation Proclamation.' It was an Executive Order. We integrated the armed services by Executive Order. We integrated public schools by Executive Order. Sometimes executives must order that things get done." Source: Real Clear Politics