The Left would have accused him of being authoritarian, and that is all we would have heard about. (He's not even doing anything to justify it, but Hillary is already saying he won't leave office if he loses the election.)
This was the perfect political storm, because you could accuse him of being authoritarian on Tuesday, and of not acting soon enough on Wednesday. There was not perfect time for him to act.
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