Republican strategist Rick Wilson on Sunday lashed out at conservatives who fantasize about President Donald Trump’s executive power while staying silent on his ability to end a policy that separates asylum-seekers from their children.

“The cheering section in the ‘conservative’ media that has been screeching with joy over Trump’s executive orders, his unlimited pardon power, steamrolling the rule of law, etc ad nauseam is STRANGELY silent on why he doesn’t just change the family separation policy by diktat,” Wilson wrote on Twitter.

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He, then, fired off a second scorching tweet.

“These people are essentially writing daily erotic fanfic about Trump’s executive power and are mute on this one,” Wilson raged. “It’s almost — ALMOST — as if they’re a bunch of tendentious doucheholes taking pleasure in the misery and trauma the policy causes.”

The cheering section in the "conservative" media that has been screeching with joy over Trump's executive orders, his unlimited pardon power, steamrolling the rule of law, etc ad nauseum is STRANGELY silent on why he doesn't just change the family separation policy by diktat. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 17, 2018

These people are essentially writing daily erotic fanfic about Trump's executive power and are mute on this one. It's almost — ALMOST — as if they're a bunch of tendentious doucheholes taking pleasure in the misery and trauma the policy causes. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 17, 2018