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by stjohnswarts 2403 days ago
That's hyperbole though. they're just showing that they are trumpers until something ridiculous like that happens. I'm sure there are some zealots but 99% of them would not be cool with him murdering someone in cold blood.
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It's not hyperbole, this is directly from Congressional Republicans. They believe that "executive immunity" means the President can commit whatever crimes he wants in office, and is immune from prosecution until his term is over.
They actually brought that hyperbole up to one of the supporters and they asked "well, so what did that person do that he would shoot them?"
In the absurd hypothetical that the President decided to shoot someone, that's a relatively reasonable question one might ask...