‘What The!’ Biden Mocks Trump Over Assassinate-Your-Opponent Legal Theory In Campaign Speech

President Joe Biden mocked former President Donald Trump on a number of issues, including his legal team’s theory that the Constitution would allow Trump to order the assassination of a political opponent.

The president gave remarks at three campaign events in South Carolina over the weekend, where Democrats will hold their first-in-the-nation primary — or at least their first sanctioned one. On Saturday, he spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s “First-in-the-Nation” dinner, and on Sunday he spoke at two churches — St. John the Baptist Church and Brookland Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

During his speech at Brookland Baptist, Biden ripped Trump over a variety of democracy-related issues. He drew a laugh with a crack about the stunning appeals court exchange in which Trump’s attorney argued a president could order Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival and not face prosecution unless he were impeached and convicted first:

But it’s only okay if our system is adhered to; if we abide by our democratic principles; if we, in fact, don’t try to undermine the very Constitution. And the fellow I’m running against has — has made no bones about it: He thinks we should be able to rip it apart — not — not a joke. He talked about being able to even ignore the Constitution.

By the way, I love his one thing that he should be able to use his special forces to kill somebody if he thought it was a problem. (Laughter.) In my church, we say, “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” (The President makes the sign of the cross.) What the — (laughter).

But all kidding aside, there’s a great deal at stake. I’m not going to take a lot of your time. But, you know, the Bible teaches that we shall know the truth, and the truth shall set us free. Well, I think we do know the truth. We do know the truth. We do know what the choice is here. It’s pretty stark. And it’s about dignity, respect; it’s about whether we believe —

You know, we’re the — I’ll get right to it. We’re the most unique nation in the world. Now, everybody says those kinds of things about their country, but every other country is organized based on ethnicity, based on geography, based on religion. But we’re the only nation in the world based on an idea — literally, an idea — an idea contained in our Constitution that says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” — life, liberty, et cetera.

We’ve never fully lived up to it, but we’ve never walked away from it. Every generation, we get closer; until now, it’s at stake. It literally is at stake.

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