Trump blasts "nation-destroying" immunity ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Trump *was* President on January 6th.
43% : In response, Trump said a president must be granted immunity in order to "do what has to be done for the good of our Country" and warned that without it, any American president would be "afraid to act for fear of the opposite Party's Vicious Retribution after leaving Office.
32% : "Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung has said that Trump intends to appeal the decision from the D.C. Circuit, although it is unclear if he will appeal it to the Supreme Court or ask for the appeals courts to reconsider the claim and have all 15 judges on the bench weigh in.
28% : "A Nation-destroying ruling like this cannot be allowed to stand," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
26% : Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec accused the federal appeals court of throwing "the entire Constitution, and the truth, out the window," arguing that Trump should be immune from prosecution in the federal election interference case because he was still in office on the day of the U.S. Capitol riot, January 6, 2021.
10% : "A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution, allowing Special Counsel Jack Smith to prosecute Trump on the four criminal charges related to the former president's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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