Wait, what are we saying here?
I hate this deflection. Of course POTUS has the right to over-ride CIA/FBI concerns on security clearances. He also has the right to launch a nuclear attack. He has the right to pardon vicious criminals. A right does not mean it’s a wise idea. https://t.co/V0HsYiKEFd
— Jim Himes (@jahimes) March 1, 2019
Does he? Does Trump have “an absolute right” (Conway’s term) to launch a nuclear attack? No matter what? According to whom?
No he doesn’t. He doesn’t have a “right” to launch an unprovoked nuclear attack on, say, Kenya, just because he feels like it or is grumpy or wants to distract people long enough for him to escape.
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