Remember the hue and cry on the left when President Trump issued an executive order to rescind President Obama’s executive order on DACA? Or when Trump issued an executive order that was dubbed “the travel ban” and Democrats repeatedly went to court to try and block it? Boy, the left sure hated executive orders! They were terrible! Trump was a dictator!

The Democrats are now pulling their best Emily Litella impersonation, and DEMANDING that Trump “fix” the separation of families at the border by executive fiat.

No, seriously.

Anyone who believes this Republican Congress is capable of addressing this issue is kidding themselves. @realDonaldTrump can end this crisis with the flick of his pen, and he needs to do so now.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 19, 2018

NEW: Brandishing a pen, Sen. Schumer says Pres. Trump can fix his administration's family separation practice with a presidential order.

"I'll lend you my pen. Any pen! You can fix it yourself." https://t.co/9ScqPwebvU pic.twitter.com/iupDP5BdQS

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) June 19, 2018

Chuck Schumer must be going senile, because he decried Trump’s use of executive orders just months ago.

Really, can someone do and health-and-wellness check on the Democrat leadership?

Remember whe. Trump being a Dictator and bypassing Congress was bad? Pepperidge Farm remembers…. https://t.co/jFbVrWTU9E

— Alan Cristoffer (@TedyhereMC) June 20, 2018

The same people that call Trump a tyrant, dictator, and literally Hitler want Trump to circumvent Congress by executive order. https://t.co/7RxgmLbPr2

— Jamin Lynch (@Lynch_Jamin) June 20, 2018

The only reason that Schumer and the Democrat leadership is demanding that Trump make a fix by issuing an EO is because they want Trump to own whatever happens next. Congress would be the more lawful actor in this situation, as they could, oh, I dunno, PASS A NEW LAW that the courts would then have to take into consideration. But Schumer actually refused to consider legislation.

Schumer on why Democrats won’t back GOP legislation to help with border separation issue:
Legislation is not the way to go here. It’s an excuse

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 19, 2018

There’s a drowning child. The lifeguard is playing dumb about his duty, and you strongly suspect he threw the kid in in the first place. He's also probably a racist, and the kid's Latino. Do you:

1. dive in
2. complain and moan that the lifeguard should do it

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 19, 2018

Schumer's position only makes sense if you believe that there is more moral weight to fighting Trump than ending the suffering of thousands. That's absurd.

(His *stated* position I mean, and not "this is terrible optics for Trump, and it benefits us for it to continue.")

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 19, 2018

I should stress that Schumer's statement dismissed not just the GOP bill but the notion of a legislative fix entirely! Wth? https://t.co/p0k42Y3XQC

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 19, 2018

Senator Ted Cruz’s bill is the bill being discussed here, which is a clean bill that addresses this one issue. Schumer, despite saying “legislation was not the answer,” co-sponsored Dianne Feinstein’s incredibly badly written bill.

Dear @SenSchumer, you have some explaining for your constituents to do… pic.twitter.com/SQkFypInVU

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 20, 2018

This craziness may just backfire on the Democrats.

Very smart on the part of @realDonaldTrump.

– Sign an EO allowing kids to stay with parents in detention
– Trump wins
– That EO will run afoul of a 1997 law limiting kids to 20 days in adult detention
– Have the EO vacated
– Bill Clinton's law now becomes the Dems' problem https://t.co/dT7AXBn4mU

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) June 20, 2018

But regardless, the attempt by the Democrats to make Trump own this mess by executive action, after decrying his previous EOs, and also abdicating their own Constitutional responsibility to fix the issue, is pretty shamtastic. It also speaks volumes as to how much THEY care about what is actually happening on the border.

If you want to fix this, Schumer and company, support Cruz’s bill. Do your jobs!