Allen West: Obama a 'Tyrant' who 'Spits on our Constitution'

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West lashed out at President Barack Obama as a tyrant" on Wednesday night and insisted the federal health-care law is not the law of the land.

West took to Facebook on Wednesday night to rail against the agreement to end the federal shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.

Im watching the spectacle occurring on the Senate floor, West wrote on Facebook. They have passed the 60-vote threshold for ending cloture. I want the American people to understand that tonight the constitutional republic we know as America has suffered a horrible defeat.

Obamacare is not the law of the land, West insisted, despite last years Supreme Court decision. It is an edict handed down by a tyrant, not a president. The U.S. Senate has just voted to affirm a new precedent that the executive branch can amend law without congressional approval, and Congress allows it. The waivers, exemptions, and delays implemented by President Obama have delineated a separation, not of powers but between the political elite and their cronies -- and you, my fellow Americans. This is reprehensible, and we can expect even more bad behavior from a president that continues to spit on our Constitution and in our eyes ... and smile. The incessant government spending continues with no solution for economic growth. Anyone voting for this tonight owes some explaining to Americans but maybe not. As Obama stated, I won.