Analysis: Trump, not understanding treason, names people he thinks committed the capital crime
By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow May 23 at 5:26 PM During an impromptu press conference at the White House on Thursday, President Trump was asked by a reporter to be a bit more specific with one of the pejorative claims he’s been making in recent weeks.Trump gave a slight nod of acknowledgment.
It’s important to pick out that more vague descriptor used by Trump though: “People probably higher than that.” It’s an absolutely ridiculous assertion, mind you. For all of Trump’s overheated rhetoric, none is as easily dismissed as this claim of “treason.” Why? Because, as an expert with whom we spoke in March explained, the constitutional definition of treason to which Alexander referred is very specific in its scope.
In fact, Larson said that Trump’s use of the term was precisely what the Founding Fathers were hoping to avoid. “They talked about the insurance policy just in case Crooked Hillary loses. And that didn’t work out too well for them. So you look at them, they want an insurance policy so that should she for any reason lose -- Remember? One hundred million to one. Maybe he said 100 million to nothing,” Trump continued. “But should she lose we’ll have an insurance policy and we’ll get this guy out of office.”
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