Friday, November 18, 2022

Opinions Are The Other Thing Everybody Has

Prosecuting Trump and letting him scream bloody murder that Garland was protecting Biden would be a massive political blunder. That’s a little harder to do when Smith is the prosecutor. I gotta ask: is Garland an idiot for having this thought (he did? Evidence, please!). Or is Mystal an idiot for inventing an idiotic reason to be outraged? I mean, I agree Garland wouldn’t be fit to be USAG if he was that naive; which is why I can’t imagine he is. Let’s pivot to what Trump is saying:
Dressed in black-tie, the former president attacked his critics and complained about being the victim and labeled special counsel Jack Smith as "super-radical left" without any evidence to back up his claim. 
"This is a rigged deal just as the 2020 election was rigged," Trump said, repeating his election lies, "and we can't let them get away with it, we can't do it, we can't let this happen to our country." 
"Joe Biden is a corrupt and incompetent political hack," Trump said, as he pivoted to talking about Hunter Biden. 
"We are innocent, they are not innocent by any stretch of the imagination," Trump said. 
"They're criminals, I've done nothing wrong, they've participated in massive criminal activity with many nations." 
"It's not a fair situation what's going on," Trump said. Trump said he has been proven to be "one of the most honest and innocent people ever in our country." 
"Larry knows that," Trump said, pointing towards somebody in the audience at his private club. 
Trump suggested it fell under "double jeopardy" for him to be investigated by the DOJ for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election after the U.S. Senate acquitted him of inciting the Jan. 6 attack during his second impeachment.
Trump is a graduate of the Elon Musk School of Law.

Is this the best he can do? Is this the devastating response Mystal is afraid of?  Here’s the video, if you prefer it:
If only so this makes sense: Consider: Trump is losing his big whale donors. His evangelical supporters are ditching him (they admit the relationship was transactional and frankly, they got Dobbs. What else is he gonna do for ‘em?) He lost RNC funding for his lawyers when he announced. He’s spending $0.90 to raise $1. And critics are upset Trump’s indictment won’t be their Xmas present?

Trump is scared shitless. The best he can do is cry “double jeopardy” (not even close) and how unfair it is to him. “I’m not the criminal, y’all are”? That’s all he’s got? Oh, wait: Jack Smith is radical left! Whooo! Sick burn! 

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Yeah, I’m not seeing a problem here. Except for that not-indicted-by-Xmas thing. We can live with that.

ADDING:

If we have to worry, I guess we can worry about this:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) quickly answered the call after Jack Smith was appointed.
"Republicans will need to refuse to appropriate any funding to Merrick Garland’s Special Counsel and defund any part of the DOJ acting on behalf of the Democrat party as a taxpayer-funded campaign arm for the Democrat’s 2024 presidential nominee," Greene said.

Fellow far-right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) posted, "The corrupt DOJ appoints a special counsel to investigate President Trump the same week he announces a 2024 run. Has there ever been a more politicized and weaponized DOJ in American history?"

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) wrote, "appointing a special counsel to investigate President Trump will continue to politicize the Justice Department, moving its focus even further away from the real threat to the rule of law: President Joe Biden’s role in Hunter’s corrupt enterprises."

Except MTG is the only one to shout "DEFUND THE DOJ!"  Well, that and:

But they weren't quickly joined by their peers in the House GOP caucus. A Twitter list of members maintained by the caucus showed they were the only two attacking the DOJ after the appointment.

A similar list maintained by the Senate GOP Caucus didn't show any outrage about the appointment.

So I guess that's a big:



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