We never want to get to a position in a country where we prosecute last administrations, because that`s what failed republics, failed democracies do. But if a failed coup, and an obvious coup attempt, and a president that didn`t just choose not to act, but willfully watched to see where the mob would go for three hours on January 6, if he is not held accountable through law, I actually fear that that is a far worse precedent than anything else.
Kinzinger expresses concern about the implications of not holding a president accountable for actions during a coup attempt.
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He can say anything he wants. The real leader, the only person in charge that made those calls was Mike Pence.
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