Little disgusts me as much today as much as the current political need for revenge against one political party or another. The Republican Party specifically, is seeking revenge against the Democratic party for a number of poorly conceived "slights" and fantastical insults that have never happened. Let's start with Donald J Trump and the Dept of Justice.
The biggest issue right now in our politics is Donald J Trump believing and convincing his cult members that he's been targeted by a politically weaponized Department of Justice run by Merrick Garland. This is laughable, really. Trump has managed to halt all of the DOJ charges against him until after the election, where if he wins, he can just dismiss the cases. He is gas lighting his base.
The "Stormy Daniels Hush Money Trial" was his latest nightmare, with 34 felony counts of falsifying documents and election interference, and that case was brought against him by the Southern District of New York--NOT a DoJ entity, but a State Entity. The two do not mix together. Trump violated New York law when he covered up payments to Stormy and tried to hide his infidelity from the world. Again...the DoJ didn't do that. The State of New York did that. This is not an example of a weaponized Department of Justice. What this is is an example of someone who, having broken laws in the State of New York, answering to the rule of law...which is an actual thing. Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers...Twelve people who gave up 8 weeks of their lives to pay attention and make a decision on Trump's innocence or guilt in this matter. This jury was selected by a combined effort of both counsel's for the prosecution and defense. Trumps lawyer had the right to throw out any potential juror that he thought might be influenced by Joe Biden. Do you MAGA people really believe that all 12 of these people voted guilty on 34 felony counts just because they were lefties and controlled by Joe Biden? The odds...no. It's not very likely that there were NO people in that group that weren't willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, unless there was really SOLID evidence that committed the crimes he was accused of. So just stop it, you all. Trump was guilty. He was found guilty. Anything he does on appeal is him trying to find a way out of accepting responsibility for the crimes that he's committed. He thinks he can do that, and he's probably right. Lord knows he still has a SCOTUS in his pocket.
What bothers me the most is that powerful Republican Congressmen and Senators alike subscribe to the idea that Joe Biden was behind all of this, and that it was a need to prevent Trump from running for office or to make him quit that was behind the creation and follow thru of this case. In our State, Joni Ernst, and Chuck Grassley both think of this New York trial as the result of a weaponized DoJ.
As per Joni Ernst on "X"
This was never about justice. It was always about politics.
Americans see through Democrats’ weaponization of our justice system and this sham trial as a desperate attempt to persecute Trump and block his re-election."
No Joni. It was never about politics. It was about the man committing crimes. He did them. Nothing was weaponized. Many of us were most pleased to see Justice actually done...for a change.
They know better and their reaction to this just makes me loathe the both of them that much more. Same with our local Republican Congressperson, Zach Nunn and our Republican Attorney General, Brenna Bird, Trump cultists, one and all.
My question to you: Is it really so far out of the scope of reality that Donald Trump may well have committed such crimes? These crimes aren't going to prevent him from running for POTUS, which is what these Republicans think the reason behind all of this nasty New York STATE prosecution is about.
I submit to you the idea that just maybe Trump was guilty of these crimes and that the DoJ wasn't involved in them in the least. Trumps cry of weaponization here is really not that much different than saying "If I didn't win, then it was rigged." He has, in fact, said pretty much this exact same thing. How very sad of him.
Let's not forget the the real fireworks haven't even begun yet. Jack Smith and the Special Counsel appointed by the Department of Justice have yet to do their jobs. There are dozens of illegally held National Secrets found in Trump's Bathroom and Bedroom and Storage that he REFUSED to return upon exiting the White House. Many people will and do profess that holding these secrets is a REAL example of Treason against the United States...and they may be correct. Likewise with the Jan 6th insurrection (Yes...it was an insurrection. People don't knock out windows and kill cops just because they want a Capital Building tour.) case, which will be tried in the Washington DC courts. Trump has managed to dodge prosecution on these thus far, but I imagine that he will be found guilty of the charges in those, because he actually DID do them. I'm that sure of the outcome. So get ready, Trumpers. If he doesn't win the election, he's pretty much a finished criminal.
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