This past weekend — at a “campaign” rally in Texas — Donald Trump suggested that if he becomes president again, he might pardon the violent insurrectionists he himself incited into storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
There’s a temptation to shrug off the outlandish things that (still) come out of Trump’s mouth.
But think about what Trump is really saying to his most rabid adherents, who have already shown a willingness — an eagerness, in fact — to threaten and even carry out political violence:
“If you overthrow the government to install me in power, I will make sure you don’t suffer any legal consequences.”
In a sane world, Donald Trump would never again be allowed within 100 miles of the Oval Office.
But we do not live in a sane world, sadly.
And another term for Trump is an alarmingly real prospect.
The 14th Amendment (Section 3) clearly states that a president who “engaged in insurrection” is automatically disqualified from holding government office again.
Tell federal law enforcement officials:
To prevent Donald Trump from becoming president again — and then using the office of the president to pardon anyone who unlawfully helped install him in the White House — Trump must be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law for any crimes he committed related to the January 6 insurrection.
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- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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