Posted on 12/10/2018 1:55:51 PM PST by bitt
Washington Post writer and frequent MSNBC commentator Jennifer Rubin predicted Sunday that President Trump would resign from office with 10 minutes left in his presidency and accept a pardon from his successor, Mike Pence.
“I also don’t think that Trump can pardon himself. And if he tries that, and that’s his only mechanism, he risks being prosecuted after he leaves office,” Jennifer Rubin said.
She continued, “For that very reason, I would predict, here on MSNBC, that when Trump leaves office, he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before Mike Pence leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him, if there is not a Republican president to follow him.”
“Wow…we git that on tape,” Jonathan Capeheart responded, also saying, “And also, when you accept the pardon, you have to accept the level of guilt, so, keep that in mind.”
Rubin, supposedly a “conservative” writer, has gone full left-wing in the age of Trump. The writer made headlines over the summer for endorsing public harassment of Sarah Huckabee Sanders and saying that she deserves a “life sentence” of it...
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That works for me.
Wait, Trump gets to finish his term?
This is Yuuuge!
I read this silly stuff and wonder if anyone has read the constitution. Please read the 25th amendment...section 2. And...unless you plan on this happening before January...this is silly. AND...the president can only pardon from federal crimes, not state.
If we’re talking potential third term, Trump would be ineligible.
I said the same for Clinton and Obama.
Except it can't happen...unless you can convince Nancy and her democrats to vote yet to a VP Donald Trump...see the 25th Amendment...section 2....and unless the crimes he is pardoned from are federal...and not state.
Not just the senate. Section 2 reads: "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."
Obama...”Why didn’t I think of that? “
And then Trump appoints Pence as VP!
"Mitt Romney will be your King.
RomneyCARE will be your Dream."
Pence really wants to be President, I doubt if he attained the office he wouldn’t do all he could to retain it. Perhaps recognizing what happened to Jerry Ford’s poll numbers it’s a decent bet he might decline to pardon Trump in this scenario (which is a silly lib fantasy scenario anyway).
Nixon accepted the level of guilt? Show me.
They are so obsessed with taking out Trump that they resort to fantasy crap like this? These people are beyond mentally ill.
Stay sexy, Jen.
Not Pence -
whoever is his VP six years from now.
Look at it this way: You got a chance to prove your superiority instead of having a little fun.
Lmao that’s the stupidest thing Ive ever heard. These people are definitely living in a fantasy of their own construction.
This was an Obama plan.
MSPMS idea of a conservative.
She knows this...how, exactly?
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