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GOPers' double-standards on the past two presidents

It's pretty amazing to stand back and think about how differently Republican congresspeople, media personalities, and voters have treated the past two presidents, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Their knack for the double-standard is really quite incredible.

Let's look at the long laundry list of examples:

- They criticized Obama for being a "celebrity." At no time was Obama the centerpiece of a reality television program. Donald Trump was exactly this on The Apprentice.

- Even Donald Trump himself poked fun at Obama for reading from a teleprompter. Guess who's also read from a teleprompter since his inauguration? That's right - Donald Trump.

- One word: Benghazi. Guess what? A similar ambush occurred under Trump's watch in Niger.

- Remember The Donald's critical tweets of then President Obama's golf outings? Well, funny story, Barack Obama didn't finish his 102nd round of golf until his 1,273rd day in office. For Donald Trump, that feat only took 493 days.

- Obama spent way too much on travel, according to conservatives. However, Trump's travel expenses have cost taxpayers approximately $500,000 more per month than the previous president's did.

- Trump and his cohorts often times described Obama as dishonest. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-check site Politifact, here's how the two presidents compare in terms of honesty:

Obama
Statements graded: 599
True/Mostly True: 288 (48.1%)
Pants on Fire/False/Mostly False: 150 (25.0%)
Net: +23.1%

Trump
Statements graded: 571
True/Mostly True: 94 (16.5%)
Pants on Fire/False/Mostly False: 390 (68.3%)
Net: -51.8%

Difference
Obama: +74.9%/Trump: -74.9%

- Some on the right referred to Barack as King Obama due to the quantity of his executive orders. Humorously enough, though, in 8 years as president, Obama signed 276 executive orders, an average of 34.5 per year. In his first year and a half as president, Donald Trump has signed 75 such orders, which comes to an average of 50.0 per year and puts him on pace for 400 executive orders through 8 years.

The list, like the Energizer bunny, goes on and on and on and on. For as disappointed as I am in Republicans' continued ad nauseum double-standards, I can't say I'm surprised. After all, they made a bigger deal out of Barack Obama wearing a tan suit than of Donald Trump committing an affair with a porn star named Stormy.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trumps-visits-golf-outpace-barack-obama/story?id=55486647

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/president-donald-trump-s-monthly-travel-costs-three-times-higher-than-obama-s-a8131586.html

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

https://www.federalregister.gov/executive-orders

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