No pardon for Trump, Julian Castro says at first New Hampshire stop as presidential candidate

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Dallas Morning News

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — At his first campaign stop in New Hampshire since formally jumping into the presidential race, Julián Castro said Tuesday night that if he wins, Donald Trump shouldn't expect a pardon for misdeeds likely to be exposed in coming months.

"I would not be inclined to issue a pardon, because I don't think that anybody should be above the law," Castro said, drawing enthusiastic cheers from the hundred or so Democratic activists who turned out to meet Castro and take his measure--a good crowd for a Tuesday night a year before the primary.

"It's kind of a red-meat issue. It's also a very sober issue," he says. "The next president probably is going to have to make a decision about this."

Castro has framed his campaign in upbeat terms, vowing to attack income inequality and climate change. But halfway through Trump's term, Democrats hunger for a champion who can push the president from power and Castro obliged, hitting the president as unethical and badly misguided on immigration and a host of other issues.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/01/15/no-pardon-trump-julian-castro-saysat-first-new-hampshire-stop-presidential-candidate

[still_one]

1. It won't get that far. Trump will resign before that, and Pence will pardon him

[YOHABLO]

2. Can't we still prosecute, say the Southern District of NY? He cannot get away. They got Capone.

[duforsure]

3. He'll pardon himself before he's forced out of office,

but it'll be reversed for all his crimes against this country. Hope all candidates voice openly they'll not pardon him also.

[Vinca]

4. Put a star in Mr. Castro's column.