If inciting an insurrection towards their own government is an action without legal repercussions, I don’t see how the law would be less lenient about straight up firing a gun at an opponent.

I by no means want any party to resolve to violent tactics. So even though I play with the thought, I really don’t want anything like it to happen. I am just curious if it’s actually the case that a sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

What am I missing?

  • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    395 days ago

    Bring his own gun? Unofficial act. Have the DOJ black bag his opponent and rendition him to a CIA camp in Saudi Arabia? Official act and immune.

    • @Veneroso@lemmy.world
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      You just need to pull the “it was in the best interest of the United States” card and it’s an official act.

      • @xenoclast@lemmy.world
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        45 days ago

        Well then why hasn’t he done it… I can’t think of something of a more positive interest than to dump trump down a hole.

        • because biden (and the democratic party in general) are a bunch of cowards who think that they will prevail simply by taking the high road. Fascism was never defeated by strongly worded speeches or political actions, it always took blood.

      • @IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        It’s not currently in the best interest.

        IF Trump wins the election then it would be in the best interests of the US. It would be akin to a judge throwing out a juries verdict because the jury clearly made the wrong decision.

    • @OopsAllTwix@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      65 days ago

      I think the Secret Service detail assigned to Trump might have a problem with that. I think Biden killing Trump or canceling the election would be a gift to the Republicans that they don’t need. One can dream though.

    • @FiniteBanjo
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      Saudi Arabia bad idea, Trump has allies in that nation.

        • @FiniteBanjo
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          Biden didn’t sell classified documents to the Saudis. The Saudis didn’t purchase an entire floor in Biden Tower.