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flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 03:35 PM Mar 2020

If the US is "at war" against the virus, isn't trump guilty of treason? [View all]

for being AWOL? At least for delaying or denying aid to blue states ("I just don't call them" )? He described himself as a "wartime president". Many others in government and the media are calling it a war.

So, question 1: Can Congress declare actual war on a disease? (Like the war on terror or drugs?) .

Question 2: If so, wouldn't any act against US citizens that helps the "enemy" be considered treason?

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