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That might work out well for the Republicans - "rule by executive order" started under the Obama administration.
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Based on this:

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-or...

Looks like it really started under Teddy Roosevelt. Obama's 276 is lower than most of his predecessors.


I suggest that you actually look up the numbers for other presidents: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-or...

You're right. I repeated something I'd heard elsewhere and it wasn't correct.



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