Krauthammer’s comments follow after the GOP pulled the border security bill. | John Shinkle/POLITICO Krauthammer: GOP 'ridiculous'

Charles Krauthammer is slamming the GOP for what he called a “ridiculous” contradiction after tabling legislation to tackle the border crisis within 24 hours after moving forward with a lawsuit against the president.

“It is ridiculous to sue the president on a Wednesday because he oversteps the law, as he has done a dozen times illegally and unconstitutionally, and then on a Thursday say that he should overstep the law, contradict the law that passed in 2008 and deal with this [the border] himself,” Krauthammer said Thursday on Fox News’ “Special Report.”


Krauthammer’s comments follow a chaotic Thursday on the Hill after House GOP leaders pulled a border security bill, saying more action is required by Obama.

“There are numerous steps the president can and should be taking right now, without the need for congressional action, to secure our borders and ensure these children are returned swiftly and safely to their countries,” House Republicans said in a statement.

However, Krauthammer took aim at the GOP for the party’s disarray, noting only a day before the Republicans advanced a lawsuit against the president, criticizing his overreach in delaying the employer mandate provision under Obamacare.

“It is, to me, incomprehensible why Republicans aren’t getting together on this,” the conservative columnist said.

On Fox News the previous night, Krauthammer called Republicans’ advance of a lawsuit a potential “breakthrough.”