Apparently trying to reassure those worried about GOP nominee Donald Trump’s take-no-prisoners approach to politics, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is issuing a reminder that all commanders-in-chief face systemic and institutional “constraints” that will prevent “big mistakes.”
“Well, one thing I’m pretty calm about is that this is nowhere near the most divisive period in American history,” McConnell said in a preview of an upcoming CBS “Sunday Morning” interview. “But what protects us in this country against big mistakes being made is the structure, the Constitution, the institutions.”
“No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country,” he continued. “You don’t get to do anything you want to.”
Trump’s proposals to build a southern border wall that Mexico would pay for, temporarily ban Muslim immigrants, and forcibly deport 11 million undocumented immigrants are among his more extreme policy positions.
McConnell endorsed Trump in early May after his win in Indiana effectively cleared the Republican field, though other Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) have withheld their endorsements for now.
Too bad they weren’t here when W. was President . . . no wait . …
You know you’re in trouble when you have to assure your own people that your own candidate for President won’t be so bad because Constitutional checks and balances will prevent him from doing too much damage.
Is this the system that protected us from President Bush II’s invocation of WMD’s as the grounds for invading Iraq?
This from a guy whose party nominated Donald J. Trump as their presidential candidate…
Except many of those constraints are based on the checks and balances between the three branches and if Trump gets elected we will have lunatic fascists in control of all three.