On Tuesday, CNN’s Inside Politics complained about Monday’s Supreme Court decision that ruled presidents have immunity for their official actions while in office. White House reporter at the Washington Post, Yasmeen Abutaleb, baselessly worried that Donald Trump could use the result to “prosecute his enemies.”
Host Dana Bash began by noting the decision “cuts both ways,” recalling how some have said, "Well we're going to prosecute Joe Biden for what he's done at the border.”
Bash also shared former Rep. Adam Kinzinger's ridiculous statement from Monday where he declared, “Well, you know, now, Joe Biden pretty much has the ability to send SEAL Team Six after Donald Trump if he wants to.” Bash described Kinzinger as “being somewhat facetious, but somewhat not.”
Abutaleb described Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Trump term, as the “platform that seeks to basically eviscerate the federal government.” She continued to claim that the Trump campaign has “been quite systematic and figuring out how they can gut a lot of the protections that exist in the federal government.”
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