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  • Trump and the Oath

    From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 4 12:24:12 2025
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    <https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-oath-support-constitution-colorado-insurrection-1847482>

    Donald Trump Says He Never Swore Oath 'to Support the Constitution'
    Published Nov 28, 2023

    In their appeal against the Colorado lawsuit, Trump's lawyers reiterated
    that the wording of Section Three does not apply to people running for
    president and that Trump technically did not swear an oath to "support" the
    Constitution. Instead, during his January 2017 inauguration, Trump swore to
    "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution during his role as
    president.

    <https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/04/trump-doesnt-know-if-he-needs-to-uphold-the-constitution>

    “But even given those numbers that you’re talking about, don’t you need to
    uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” Welker asked.

    “I don’t know,” Trump replied. “I have to respond by saying, again, I have
    brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow
    what the Supreme Court said.”

    The oath of office, which Trump has now taken twice, is “I do solemnly
    swear that 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.”

    --
    Whenever anyone says, "theoretically," they really mean, "not really."
    -- Dave Parnas

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Sun May 4 17:59:57 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats, alt.politics.republicans XPost: talk.politics.misc

    Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> wrote in news:vv84bc$2bj6m$[email protected]:

    <https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-oath-support-constitution-co
    lorado-insurrection-1847482>

    Donald Trump Says He Never Swore Oath 'to Support the
    Constitution' Published Nov 28, 2023

    In their appeal against the Colorado lawsuit, Trump's lawyers
    reiterated that the wording of Section Three does not apply to
    people running for president and that Trump technically did not
    swear an oath to "support" the Constitution. Instead, during his
    January 2017 inauguration, Trump swore to "preserve, protect and
    defend" the Constitution during his role as president.

    <https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/04/trump-doesnt-know-if-
    he-needs-to-uphold-the-constitution>

    “But even given those numbers that you’re talking about,
    don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States
    as president?” Welker asked.

    “I don’t know,” Trump replied. “I have to respond by
    saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they
    are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.”

    The oath of office, which Trump has now taken twice, is “I do
    solemnly swear that 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.”



    The Supreme Court created this monster
    with their presidential immunity ruling, they
    can hardly act surprised now.

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