Donald Trump keeps hiring the very best.

One of Donald Trump’s lawyers appeared to accidentally admit that the former president may have engaged in insurrection.

Christina Bobb, a vocal 2020 election denier, tried to argue Tuesday night that voters should be able to elect anyone they want for president.

“The president is elected by the entire nation, and it should be the entire nation who determines who they want for president, whether they are guilty of insurrection or not,” Bobb said during an interview on Real America’s Voice. “It’s up to the people.”

Bobb seems to be arguing that even an insurrectionist should be allowed to run the country, which could be seen as an admission of guilt.

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
    21·
    1 year ago

    She also has zero understanding of the 14th Amendment & Constitution in general.

    Its a good thing she’s pretty, her legal career is likely dead after Trump is incarcerated.

    • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      What part of the insurrection clause is so misunderstood?

      Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

      edit: I just don’t get it. It seems like very clear language to me

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        It’s literally just childish denial in adult brains. That’s it. The people who disagree are either evil shitlords that WANT a strongman ruler, or dumb morons who quite literally do not understand democracy. There are no sane people that believe he is qualified.

      • LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.chEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        They’re claiming the Office of the President doesn’t technically fit into any of the offices listed in the 14th amendment.

        The office of the president is a weird one. For example, the president is the commander of the military, but is not a part of the military. The president is a civilian position (and technically, the president shouldn’t be saluting troops.) So if the president violates the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but not a civilian law, they couldn’t be tried for that.

        CLEARLY the 14th amendment would include the president, but lawyers do what lawyers do.

    • takeda@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I would not say she doesn’t understand it, she is paid to understand it in a way that makes trump innocent.