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This is the man the GOP wants representing them and defending the Constitution of the U.S.
Hmmm...One doesn't suppose that knowing that the document says would be a little bit helpful in defending the rights, privileges and protections it promises? Do you really want someone who has only given literally a moment's thought to the Constitution having as important a say in how we apply its principles in the 21st century? Donald Trump is good at protecting one thing: his money, be it the money he's got now or the money he thinks is coming his way....Protecting the Constitution and yours and my rights under it....That's just not in wheelhouse.
A story elsewhere in the Post reports on a meeting today between Donald Trump and Republican members of the U.S. Senate. The whole article is well worth reading. True to form, Trump was combative and insulting to the Senators themselves.
But here’s the most remarkable passage:
The most charitable reading would be that Trump heard the question about “Article I powers” as really asking about “rights protected by the First Amendment.” On that account, we now have insight into Trump’s constitutional views. Trump apparently is a strong defender of the procedures for the selection of the President and Vice-President by the Electoral College, which is what the Twelfth Amendment provides.
On the other hand, the more natural reading is what a lot of us suspected already: Donald Trump doesn’t know what is in the Constitution, and he doesn’t care that he doesn’t know. Article I, Article II, Article XII, Article L. Whatevs. Trump is just bluffing his way through this, hoping that enough people don’t notice or care. Because if he can get himself elected, he can exercise all the damn Article XII powers he wants.
But here’s the most remarkable passage:
On the other hand, the more natural reading is what a lot of us suspected already: Donald Trump doesn’t know what is in the Constitution, and he doesn’t care that he doesn’t know. Article I, Article II, Article XII, Article L. Whatevs. Trump is just bluffing his way through this, hoping that enough people don’t notice or care. Because if he can get himself elected, he can exercise all the damn Article XII powers he wants.
Hmmm...One doesn't suppose that knowing that the document says would be a little bit helpful in defending the rights, privileges and protections it promises? Do you really want someone who has only given literally a moment's thought to the Constitution having as important a say in how we apply its principles in the 21st century? Donald Trump is good at protecting one thing: his money, be it the money he's got now or the money he thinks is coming his way....Protecting the Constitution and yours and my rights under it....That's just not in wheelhouse.