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kpete

(72,022 posts) Thu Oct 3, 2019, 10:10 PM Oct 2019

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Donald J. Trump

1.10.19
"I have the absolute right to declare a national emergency"

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"I have absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department"

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"I have the absolute right" to share intelligence with RussiaDavid P Gelles added,

6:04 PM - 3 Oct 2019
"As the President of the United States, I have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty, to investigate, or have investigated, CORRUPTION, and that would include asking, or suggesting, other Countries to help us out!"

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely (Original Post) kpete Oct 2019 OP

Good that that is brought up... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #1

Except in the case of Trump DonaldsRump Oct 2019 #2

Yes, and WE the PEOPLE Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #3

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

1. Good that that is brought up...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2019, 10:15 PM

Oct 2019

The Constitution does not give absolute rights to any office holder, only an authoritarian dictator could even presume them.

He has the rights and protections conferred to any citizen by the Constitution and also the obligations to obey and uphold the laws. In office, as servant of the people, his duties and responsibilities are clearly spelled out and do not place him above the law.

His assumptions rest on absolutely nothing.