It’s a new Rubicon we passed

Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) was being interviewed on the All In with Chris Hayes podcast about the Trump immunity defense. He said that Trump’s lawyer’s response that a President who killed his adversaries while in office would be immune from criminal prosecution unless he was impeached and convicted was outrageous, and “it’s a new Rubicon we passed”. This is a mashup of “crossing the Rubicon” (committing to an act that cannot be reversed) and “passing/reaching a milestone” (achieving an event or act that is significant). You can hear this malaphor at the 12:59 mark:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chris-hayes/id1314170606?i=1000641379557

Many thanks to Frank King for hearing this one and sending it in!