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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    4 months 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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      4 months ago

      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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        4 months 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.

        • problematicPanther@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          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.