# Would you rather have Ben Carson as president right now?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867 "2018-01-04T20:40:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867/44 "2018-01-05T23:08:58Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> He didn’t “enact the Dream Act”. That’s why Trump can reverse it without going through Congress. Nowhere in your quote does he say he can’t set enforcement priorities. He made that clearer in your earlier cites, where he said stuff like:
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> If you want to catch Obama on a hypocritical aspect of constitutional law as it applies to the presidency, you’re better off focusing on what he said about the use of force against foreign powers.

_shrug_ it’s done now, Trump fixed it, so it’s not terribly relevant anymore.

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