One of Donald Trump’s lawyers appeared to accidentally admit that the former president may have engaged in insurrection.
Christina Bobb, a vocal 2020 election denier, tried to argue Tuesday night that voters should be able to elect anyone they want for president.
“The president is elected by the entire nation, and it should be the entire nation who determines who they want for president, whether they are guilty of insurrection or not,” Bobb said during an interview on Real America’s Voice. “It’s up to the people.”
Bobb seems to be arguing that even an insurrectionist should be allowed to run the country, which could be seen as an admission of guilt.
Here to say that the title is factually inaccurate. The argument being made is a hypothetical generalization and does nothing of the sort. Trump is definitely guilty of insurrection, but the editors of the New Republic are guilty of clickbait and malpractice. Shame!
Yeah that was garbage. She’s an idiot but that statement is an admission of guilt in the same way that SpaceX makes boats.
SpaceX made a bunch of boats.
Oops
Rhetorically speaking, however, you want to limit where the conversation goes. In a debate or, perhaps, a philosophy paper, you might want to head off any avenues of argument before your opponent has a chance to bring them up. Here, just saying it raises the very question from a rhetorical standpoint and creates doubt in those listening.
So you’re completely right. At the same time, this was a bad move by the lawyer unless their new tactic is to change the narrative to “insurrection doesn’t’ matter anyway amirite?”.
I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what they’re explicitly saying… I feel like there’s an equally clickbaity title that could’ve also been accurate along those lines
Bigly if true.
https://lemmy.world/comment/6387064