The degree of hypocrisy revealed by the Republican response to the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-A-Largo estate has reached a level never before seen in American politics.
This is the bunch who insisted Hillary Clinton’s handling of her emails should be investigated. Actually it was and she was found to have done nothing illegal. Didn’t matter to Republicans. Remember the chant at the Republican convention, ”Lock her up, Lock her up.”
One Republican said that if this can happen to Donald Trump, it can happen to any of us. Duh! Of course, it can. That’s the point of no one being above the law. Trump was not the first person to have his home searched by the F.B. I., and he won’t be the last. That’s the way the system works.
Apparently, Republicans have stopped pretending they are somebody they’re not and come out full frontal to declare they don’t support our justice system. Donald Trump has their loyalty rather than the Constitution. What a sorry state of partisan politics.
There have been examples before now when white people in power wanted to be treated above the law. When I was growing up in Virginia, most white people, and certainly anyone in power, were treated as if they were above the laws that were applied to black people. There was no such thing as equality under the law.
Today’s Republicans want to go back to those days. They want Donald Trump to be given special treatment, which translated, means not held accountable for his actions. Some say they are willing to fight in the streets, start a civil war, to defend his right to do whatever he wants without paying the price.
I believe this is a moment when the rest of us need to tell the Republicans to bring it on, to have at it. A basic truth all of us must face is that the time has arrived when we must stand up for what we believe and believe in as loyal Americans.
Frankly, I have heard enough from whiny Democrats (Cuomo and Yang) who have said that Merrick Garland must quickly explain why the search took place lest someone think it was politically motivated.
Besides the fact that Trump and his Republican defenders are going to claim it was politically motivated no matter what Garland says, who cares what they think or say? It doesn’t matter. What does is that no one is above the law.
If you’re worried about how the FBI search looks, you’re the one playing politics. If you support democracy, support freedom, support equal treatment under the law, you don’t think about whether actions taken on behalf of following the rule of law might be seen as political. You just do your job.
What Trump and Republicans want us to forget is that Donald Trump has already proven that he will break the law if he thinks it serves his interests. We now know he did obstruct justice just as the Mueller Report said he did, and his 2016 campaign illegally solicited Russian help.
He did exactly what he was accused of doing in his first impeachment trial of trying to coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into meddling in the 2020 campaign.
He did try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power and bring down our government.
The simple fact is, Donald Trump is a dishonest, ego-centric man who represents a serious threat to our country. Whatever the FBI was looking for at Mar-A-Largo, you can bet they had good reason to believe it was related to a crime they know Trump committed.
Merrick Garland doesn’t need to explain himself. Donald Trump does. The truth is, the best thing that could happen to America is for him to be put on trial, convicted, and sent to jail. I frankly think there is a good chance that is what we will one day see.
When it does, if the Republicans yell and scream and call Democrats every name in the book and extremist groups threaten civil war, so be it. Freedom and justice have always faced opposition and needed people to show courage in defending them.
My father taught my brothers and me something I have never forgotten about standing up for yourself. He said, “Never start a fight, and never run from one.”
That is what we, those Americans who reject everything about Trump and Trump Republicanism, must now do.
We didn’t start this fight to save our nation, save the rule of law, save our democracy, save our way of life, but now that it has been joined, we cannot, must not, and will not run from it.
This is your best one yet ! Thank you for speaking up. I volunteer for my beliefs, donate as able and vote in every election. I may be called to do more and then I will . This can’t continue …
Pam
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Pam, you are an example of why we are going to win this fight. There are more of us than there are of them. Many thanks for your comment.
Well said! Well said! Joe
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Joe, given all the years we have known one another and my high regard for who you are, this comment means so much to me. Thank you, my friend.
I agree 1000% and absolutely cannot fathom why the cultists refuse to see what is right in front of their noses! What will have to happen before they realize how they have been duped by a master dictator wanna-be?? It makes me physically sick. Thanks Jan for saying what must be said!
Robin, I just read a long article about why they refuse to see the truth. Can’t go into it except to say that the article makes clear that they won’t ever change their minds. We simply have to defeat them in whatever ways we have to to show them we will not turn our democracy over to their control. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Hope all is well with you.
To discover what Trump and the Republicans are doing, look at what they criticize others for doing. Roger
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Right on point, Roger. Thanks for the reminder.
Hi Jan,
I found this item on Twitter a few moments ago:
“BREAKING: Donald Trump’s personal library was destroyed in the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.
Both books are sadly beyond repair, and he hadn’t even finished coloring one in yet”.
What a tragic loss to US literature…
Sincerely,
Nigel
Nigel, I love it! Says more about Trump than anything I said. Thank you for posting this.
you are absolutely correct here, bring it on. These shallow, hypocrites will be deposed to the ash heap of history. thanks for calling out Yang and Cuomo, they are right there with republican hypocrites.
Guy, I hope it’s the dung heap of history. The ash heap is too good for them.
Jan, I don’t want to understate the importance of individuals like you and the ones of us who read and appreciate your blog. But when the s**t hits the fan it seems to me that it’s our elected officials who will make the decisions that could break the back of our democracy. I hang on to the hope that enough Republicans in congress will finally find the courage to stand up to Trump and do what’s right for the country. But I’m not at all certain that that will happen. I’m feeling less and less like my voice matters but I’m not ready to give up the fight.
Wilbur, the future doesn’t depend on Republicans doing the right thing because they have proven they won’t. It depends, instead, on Americans who truly support democracy to vote Republicans out and Democrats and independents in. In that regard, there are many reasons to have hope.
As the seriousness of his crimes pile up and his cult threatens civil war, I dream of the days when Reagan and Bush were the worst my generation could imagine. Who knew? !
What a commentary on where we are as a nation in your brief comment, Dixie. Exactly, who could have ever imagined we would be where we are?
Bravo! Jan, as has been said, probably your best ever.
What you, and I, and your readers are feeling is now much more than hope!
“We The People” now have all the ammunition we need to, yes, put Trump in jail. What Liz Cheney, the Select Committe, and now The Department of Justice have given us, is that someday (maybe sooner than we ever thought) ,there is greater confidence that Trump will “pay the price”. I dont’ know if jail will be his sentence. Maybe fleeing to Siberia (I think Siberia is still in Russia), to build golf courses, will be his due deserve. Or, some other “legal” alternative that will cost him dearly.” No one is against the law”, must prevail, or we are doomed!
But, we cannot be distracted from our goal – November of 2022.
Your statement: ” I believe this is a moment when the rest of us need to tell the Republicans to bring it on, to have at it. A basic truth all of us must face is that the time has arrived when we must stand up for what we believe and believe in as loyal Americans” says it all right now.
Whoa, do we have the character, the courage, the intellect, and the conviction to do what you have just said? I, for one, believe that we now do!
Just a few short weeks ago, all looked to be lost for Democrats, Joe Biden, and “We The People”. But, guess what: The devils have met their match!
We have all the successes, the solutions, the arguments, and the truths to take on this fight against Republicans in the next election.
Let’s get it done!
John
“The devils have met their match.” That’s a great line, John. Yes, they have because all we have to do is tell the truth and vote in November. Glad we’re in this together.
Jan,
This is a superb post, and all of the comments you have received support it and add to the rightful condemnation of the egomaniacal psychopath Donald Trump!
There is nothing I can add except to commend you for once again speaking truth to power and bringing us all with you!
Thank you, my friend! Bill Blackwell
Always appreciate your affirmation of my posts, Bill.
About all I can say is repetitious about the quality of your post; others have said it and said it better than I could. I think we are seeing a glimpse of the beginning of better times for those of us who value our country; the poll on Pres. Biden is turning, slightly, but I think it is a harbinger. We all need to press on, battling against the 30-40 percent of “trumpers” who will never change their minds because they have lost the ability to analyze, to see truth when it exists all around them’ to THINK.
A strong Amen! to your post. We can and will do what’s needed.
Cheerz!
Gene