Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump on Absolute Presidential Immunity
Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump on Absolute Presidential Immunity
McConnell was very adamant, however, that it’s not his job to decide whether Trump is granted immunity against crimes committed while in office.
As the Supreme Court weighs whetherDonald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump’s view of absolute immunity.
I'd be more sympathetic to McConnell if he wasn't a major reason for the current state of Congress and the takeover of the Republican party by right wing fascists.
Yeah, he deserves no sympathy.
But you didn't break with him when it counted you jagoff.
And he was a piece of shit since long before the Trump administration
And he'll continue to be a piece of shit until he's rotting in the ground.
He'll talk out both sides of his mouth. He will say the president doesn't have absolute immunity but be the first in line to sign legislation that says just that.
Get fucked McConnell, you let him be immune when you had the opportunity to hold him accountable.
Fuck off and die, traitor.
Seriously, if he thinks this makes him look any better for all the shit he put us through, he better fucking think again.
He is a big reason as to why everything is so bad. He enabled all of this. This is his legacy.
They needed to press him in a different way:
"During the Trump impeachment, you said that he could still be held accountable in a court of law, his lawyers are trying to argue that only stands if he were impeached and convicted first.
If the Supreme Court validates that opinion, would you change your mind and vote to convict?"
That wouldn't really matter. He'll do and say whatever suits him politically at the moment.
Like when he held up Garland's Supreme Court nomination for a year and then jammed Barrett through while ballots were being collected.
Uh huh. Just like you were outraged at the audacity of a violent mob threatening democracy itself the day it happened, and then you covered for Trump and blocked his impeachment days later.
Go fuck yourself, mitch.
I don't understand what there is to discuss here at all. If the US president had immunity as a matter of principle, he wouldn't be a president, he'd be some kind of god-king (even kings couldn't do whatever they wanted).
Right? I thought we settled this debate circa 1776.
Which is basically what trump argues he is.
Well, I'm not very familiar with the US Constitution. But if there really is any leeway for such advances, it doesn't seem to me to be a good constitution for a democratic country.
From what I understand it's just another way he's making a mockery of the justice system. He's making these absurd claims so he can have new cases come up and delay delay delay delay. Once he becomes president he can then have his DOJ dog wipe it all away.
The conservatives agree... For conservative presidents only, of course.
There ia no such thing as a "good conservative". Each one is a cancer cell in the global disease that kills and oppresses normal people.
Actually, as a leading legislator in charge of creating our laws, it very much should be your job to decide this principle for future cases. I understand if you want to leave it to the next generation, though. You've done enough, Mitch.
Frankly if you don't break with him on this you're literally a traitor to this country. There's no other way to interpret this.
It's worse than that. The ONLY reason the GOP is breaking on this is to preserve their ability to attack Democrat Presidents.
There's nothing "noble" going on here
It's important to note that the inverse isn't necessarily true, and in fact McConnell is a counterexample: despite the fact that he did break with Trump on this, he's still literally a traitor to this country anyway.
Mitch McConnell will reliably hold this position until a Republican is back in office - just like his objections over lame duck Supreme Court appointments and everything fucking else. How many times is the media going to fall for his bullshit.
It wasn't even a lame duck; it was before the election.
Whatever he says I don't care. I hope he has the worst day ever everyday
I want him to stub his toe every day and get a Charlie horse
Not really. The worst day for McConnell is other people having fun and being happy.
How is this pile of trash still alive?
It's body has looked terrified ever since it realized that it's soul was missing.
Thanks for all the help, Mitch
How many times did he factory reset before he got his full statement out in one go?
Well, I guess it's nice to see this piece of shit sycophant at least has some limits... he still deserves to fall off a cliff into an portal of infinite dick, and get fucked.
To paraphrase RTJ, he can run backwards naked through a field of dicks.
This isn't about limits, this is about being able to go after Biden and any other Democrat Presidents in the future...
This is PURELY self interest...
Realizes he might get a price put on his head?
Now that it is no longer politically inconvenient for him, he comes out against Trump? Wow, color me surprised.
Seems like a lot of Republicans are going to have collective amnesia about their role in supporting Trump when he gets ousted from political power (and that can't come soon enough). No amnesty for spineless coward Republicans when that happens.
He knows he's a dead man if the president has immunity. EVERY Russian asset would be toast, tRump included.
He's probably just scared Trump is going to purge his ass if he wins again.
He, and other Republicans, are scared because this ruling would come when Biden is president and are projecting.
If Trump's lawyer convinces the Supreme Court that the president can assassinate political enemies then that might be a bit scary for the current President's political enemies.
“We’re going to find out, aren’t we? I mean, the Supreme Court is going to deal with that direct issue that I was referring to on February 13th of 2021, and I think we’ll find out sometime soon,” he replied.
Does he think the current date is sometime before February 2021?
He's referring to what he said when the Senate acquited Trump after he was impeached by the House.
Trump's lawyers are trying to argue that he can't be prosecuted by the courts for actions he took as president unless he is first impeached and convicted in Congress for those actions. When Trump was impeached and acquitted in 2021, McConnell stated that Congress can't impeach him as he is no longer in office and that the matter is an issue for the criminal justice system.
As shit as McConnell is, he is not confused with his dates right now, and his statements from 2021 are very relevant to this case and have been discussed in the news a lot recently.
I'm also not sure what's wrong with your quoted text. Nothing about it sounds confused to me.
US News (Feb 14, 2021): Text of McConnell's Speech
President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations has run, still liable for everything he did while in office, didn't get away with anything yet – yet.
We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.
Thanks for the clarification and sources. It was just the way I read it from the article. Not suggesting he was confused in general about the content, just the current date
He’s referring to his own prior statement on Feb 13 2021. He’s losing his faculties but this particular item is not an example of that.
Ol' Glitch.
Wasn't it his job to make sure trump was informed on legal matters like these?
