Trumpworld 🫥

A moving, powerful scene. But it was better when Joseph Cotton and Alida Valli did it. https://t.co/io5xCV9n3s

— Christopher Orr (@OrrChris) June 11, 2023

Former Trump AG Bill Barr on Trump's federal indictment: "If even half of it is true, then he's toast. I mean, it's a very detailed indictment, and it's very, very damning. This idea of presenting Trump as a victim here -- a victim of a witch hunt -- is ridiculous." pic.twitter.com/iUTPR3qeR8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2023

Like when telegenic conmen realized the magic money word is “Jesus.”

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 11, 2023

In addition to this being deeply stupid and morally inane, I'm sure that would go over great if Biden held a presser and said, "Don, all these problems could disappear if you just do the right thing and bow out..." https://t.co/AeGw1KSxUy

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 9, 2023

https://t.co/occPjfDVVI https://t.co/KYP99jsCfV

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 11, 2023

But Twitter is supposed to be a safe space!

.⁦@JonahDispatch⁩: “The compulsion to defend anything and everything Trump does and then claim we live in a lawless banana republic whenever the system tries to hold him accountable is a celebration of lawlessness and banana republic politics.” https://t.co/ig51DX9q2D

— Michael R. Strain (@MichaelRStrain) June 10, 2023

I was just thinking that countries that don't prosecute former leaders are usually called “banana republics.” France recently prosecuted and imprisoned their former President for crimes, some of which I think he committed as President. If we can’t do as much, we are a country of men (literally), and not laws.

I remember this same anxiety about investigating Nixon (and what would we be saying now if Ford had let his DOJ prosecute those crimes?). In the end, the country that 1 year earlier had given him one of the largest electoral votes victories in American history, wanted him out.

And Nixon didn’t take national secrets to San Clemente and make some very highly classified documents disappear. 🫠 

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How is stealing our county’s secrets, sharing them with others, hiding them and covering it up "political prosecution"? pic.twitter.com/Cpp71r3pQ5

— 💙 Dr. MemeNstein votes 🌊 BLUE 💙 (@Coste1Costello) June 11, 2023

The next time Trump says "election interference!”, answer him with: “nation security interference!” One is slightly more important than the other. That’s why the latter is a criminal offense.