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Irish_Dem

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3. If ordered by the president, insurrectionists get a free pass to overthrow the government?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 02:39 PM

Jan 2021

That doesn't sound right.

A sitting US president organizes a militia to overturn the election he lost.
He then gets impeached for this sedition but at the same time he can pardon the militia members?

Doesn't seem right to me and I seriously doubt our founding fathers had this in mind with the pardon power.

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