GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida forcefully rebutted Sunday the claims that if former President Donald Trump is elected to another term, he’ll use his position to target his political opponents. Rather, it has been President Joe Biden’s administration that has been actively doing so, the senator asserted.
CNN “State of the Union” host Dana Bash asked Rubio whether he believed the Supreme Court’s recent in the Trump election interference case recognizing presidents have immunity from prosecution for their official acts goes too far. The decision was seen as mostly positive for the presumptive GOP nominee. The high court returned the case to the federal district court to determine which acts Trump took regarding the 2020 election and the Jan.
6, 2021, Capitol incursion fell within the realm of his official acts. “Are you comfortable with that [ruling]?” Bash asked. “Well, first of all, I’m uncomfortable with the fact now that we have a president who targets political opponents.
That’s what happened under Joe Biden,” Rubio responded. The senator pointed out that but for the Biden Justice Department appointing Jack Smith as special counsel and his bringing the case against Trump last summer, the Supreme Court would not have had to rule on presidential immunity. “Understand why this has become topical, why we now have to discuss this issue — because it is clear that we have reached an era where there are people in American politics who believe that our cou.
