203
Donald Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the US Constitution
(www.the-independent.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
203 points (90.1% liked)
conservative
920 readers
1 users here now
A community to discuss conservative politics and views.
Rules:
-
No racism or bigotry.
-
Be civil: disagreements happen, but that doesn't provide the right to personally insult others.
-
No spam posting.
-
Submission headline should match the article title (don't cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
-
Shitposts and memes are allowed until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
-
No trolling.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Are you seriously trying to argue "it was just his lawyers arguing this point, he didn't say it himself"?
That’s not what he’s saying, and I’m not a Trumpet but the article’s pretty clear: Trump’s argument is that he swore to “preserve, protect and defend” but that elsewhere the constitution defines officers as people who swear to “support” so he’s not an “officer”.
It’s stupid and nitpicky but not as clickbaity as the headline.
You do understand that as his legal representation, they are arguing for him, which makes their argument legally literally his argument?
Why are you complaining to me, while the Independent must have made the same mistake in your eyes?
The article is titled: "Donald Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the US Constitution". You are claiming that this is incorrect, since Trump didn't tell the court this. Why are you not complaining to the Independent?
Can you show me where I stated that it was a "direct quote of Trump"?
Your life is uneventful enough to keep complaining to me, so I figured you'd do the same to the professional news organization that actually did what you accuse me of doing.
Notice how that quote doesn't say that it's a "direct quote of Trump"? That "Trump said it"? I'm calling you out on misquoting me right now, so please follow your own advice.
Yes, and you might notice "declare" is a different word from "say". Merriam-Webster for example has the definition 1a):
Trumps lawyers, as his legal representatives, made his legal position known formally, officially and explicitly. Couldn't be a better fit. So what are you going on and on about?
Of course he knows what he said. He was able to explain it to you using a dictionary… which means you don’t even understand English let alone what you’re talking about.