US Politics on Sidechat | What’s stopping a president or governor from just saying “anyone who attempts to assassinate whoever is running against me will be pardoned” to create an unopposed election?

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What’s stopping a president or governor from just saying “anyone who attempts to assassinate whoever is running against me will be pardoned” to create an unopposed election?

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Anonymous 1d

The fact that the assassin can still be charged by the state the crime is committed in

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Anonymous

#1 1d

As if there aren’t at least 10 states that wouldn’t also pardon the person who commits this hypothetical

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Anonymous

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Shit. That’s a good point. I guess those states usually aren’t worth campaigning in though. States that give the governor exclusive pardon power and elect a governor that’s willing to pardon someone for attempted murder are probably lost causes

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