Republicans should say if Biden can have Trump killed without facing charges: ex-GOP chair
Former President Donald Trump's campaign rivals should answer whether they agree with his attorney John Sauer's argument in the D.C. Court of Appeals that the former president couldn't have been prosecuted even for ordering the military assassination of a political opponent, as long as he was not impeached over the offense, argued former Republican Party chair Michael Steele on MSNBC Wednesday — because the obvious logical extension of this argument is that President Joe Biden couldn't be prosecuted for having Trump killed either.
This comes as Chris Christie, the only Republican presidential candidate who took it upon himself to condemn the assassination theory, dropped out of the race this evening.
"Donald Trump's lawyer ... went into a federal courthouse and said that the President of the United States has the absolute authority to have SEAL Team Six run a hit on their political opponent," said anchor Joy Reid. "Meaning by his logic, Joe Biden could have a hit against Donald Trump. And no one said anything except Chris Christie, what is happening?"
"So the question to those folks is do you think it's okay that Joe Biden could order SEAL Team Six to call out a hit on Donald Trump? Yes or no?" said Steele. "Because basically Donald Trump said that, yeah, as president he could do it."
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"He said yes!"
"So that's part one," Steele continued. "But the question is — they're not going to answer that question. They're not really going to get to it. What I think is important right now is what Christie does next. How he takes this moment and turns it into potentially something that the Democrats can work with. Look, the truth of it is, if I'm Joe Biden sitting and I watch that, hey, Chris, really appreciate what you just said."
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