“That’s why Nicki Minaj famously saying ‘for life, for life, and if the work is vindicated. best believe when it’s done, it will be syndicated, for life, for life.”
MSNBC host and chief legal correspondent Ari Melber made a case on air Saturday for impeaching former President Donald Trump and preventing him from ever running for office again.
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View on X"The entire [impeachment] case is not about removing him, but whether to convict and disqualify him from ever holding office like the Presidency forever," Melber said, noting that such an event has "never actually happened before."
Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time earlier this month after a mob of his supporters rioted and stormed the Capitol Building in Washington DC on Jan 6. Trump has been accused of inciting the riot, which many have described as an "insurrection."
"United States Senate deciding something that can shape history, sanction Trump, and ensure he never has power again, and do so on that basis... For life," Melber explained. "There is no more significant amount of time than "for life."
"That's why Nicki Minaj famously saying 'for life, for life, and if the work is vindicated. best believe when it's done, it will be syndicated, for life, for life."
"And just as Nicki declared herself in this very moment a 'king,' the question here is if the speaker will ultimately slay Goliath with a constitutional sling," he finished. It is unclear how these two things are related.
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