Obama Confuses Declaration Of Independence With Constitution

President Obama said, "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal..."

The Constitution says nothing about being "created equal." The closest to that sort of language appears in the post-Civil War 14th Amendment's guarantee of "equal protection of the laws." It is in fact the Declaration of Independence that states "[w]e hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Tweet