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dalton99a

(94,898 posts)
Sun May 4, 2025, 11:14 AM May 2025

The tyrant says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights

https://apnews.com/article/trump-due-process-canada-greenland-military-action-8da3e853b6cec944ec373fae4d317ac4

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
By AAMER MADHANI
Updated 8:52 AM CDT, May 4, 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.

He also said he does not think military force will be needed to make Canada the “51st state” and played down the possibility he would look to run for a third term in the White House.

The comments in a wide-ranging, and at moments combative, interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” came as the Republican president’s efforts to quickly enact his agenda face sharper headwinds with Americans just as his second administration crossed the 100-day mark, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The Fifth Amendment provides “due process of law,” meaning a person has certain rights when it comes to being prosecuted for a crime. Also, the 14th Amendment says no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

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NCDem47

(3,503 posts)
1. Wasn't HE afforded due process through his trials???
Sun May 4, 2025, 11:20 AM
May 2025

And this Canada and third-term bullshit are pure trolling. Brought out every time to whip the Left into a tizzy and satisfy the base.

dalton99a

(94,898 posts)
3. COMING SOON: Trump signs executive order to limit Second Amendment protection to 'patriots'
Sun May 4, 2025, 11:25 AM
May 2025

Specifically MAGA patriots - Democratic voters are not deemed patriots

NCDem47

(3,503 posts)
5. The Democartic Party declared a "terrorist organziation" working aganist the U.S.
Sun May 4, 2025, 11:33 AM
May 2025

...and voila!

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