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.
But you didn’t break with him when it counted you jagoff.
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).
Which is basically what trump argues he is.
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.
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.
I would have more sympathy if it weren’t for his entire political career and who he is as a person.
He’s a person? First I’m hearing of this.
Look, just because he lives in a shell, really likes lettuce, can’t get up if he is on his back, is clearly cold blooded, and looks like that… it doesn’t mean he is a turtle. /s
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.
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 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.
