" I do n’t know " from a sitting chairwoman is not assure .
For the last few weeks, the ongoing debate in the Trump administration has been theright to due process.
According to the Constitution’sFifth Amendment,“no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The Supreme Court itself declared that this includes those who have entered the US illegally,stating,“aliens who have once passed through our gates, even illegally, may be expelled only after proceedings conforming to traditional standards of fairness encompassed in due process of law.”
Well, a recentclipfrom aMeet the Press interviewwith President Trump is going viral after he was asked about his responsibility to uphold the Constitution by ensuring due process.
Welker : Do you match that everyone who is here deserve due process ? citizen and noncitizens?Trump : I do n’t have a go at it . I ’m not a attorney . Welker : The 5th amendment says as much .. Do n’t you need to uphold the constitution?Trump : I do n’t knowpic.twitter.com/1y8POREX9S
“Do you agree that everyone who is here deserves due process? Citizens and noncitizens?” the hostasked.
“I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer,” Trump responded.
“The Fifth Amendment says as much,” the reporter replied.
“It might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million, or two million, or three million trials. We have thousands of people that are some murderers, and some drug dealers, and some of the worst people on earth…I was elected to get them the hell out of here, and the courts are holding me from doing it.”
“But even given those numbers that you’re talking about, don’t you have to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”
“I don’t know,” Trump repeated. “I have to respond by saying again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are obviously going to follow what the Supreme Court says, what you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said, they have a different interpretation.”
In response to the clip, one person wrote, “The constitution is not a suggestion.”
“Trump on Jan. 20: ‘I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’ Trump today: ‘I don’t know,'” another person wrote.
And as this person said, “It is clear that either one of two things are true: 1. Trump’s lying and he knows it’s illegal. 2. He is that stupid and doesn’t actually know whether it’s legal or not. I’m not sure which one it is, but both should immediately disqualify you from ever being president.”
