I appreciate our points of agreement, here. Horrible decisions. I would and will call Trump out for anything similar.
The 'message'? What is that, exactly? "Felons"? Some solely due to lawfare. Is it more than any of the thousands of other "messages" that have been sent by the Biden admin? What "message" is anyone actually latching on to?
"Entirely Different"? "MORE DESTRUCTIVE"?!?! Please share what you mean there...with details. I'm not following, or stupid, or both.
The more than three hundred people convicted of violent felonies weren’t convicted due to lawfare. They were convicted due to incontrovertible video evidence and testimony proving their guilt in a court of law.
I’ll remind you that many of these felons were sentenced by judges nominated by Republican presidents, including Trump himself.
The message from Trump is that if you commit violent felonies at his behest, he will use his power as President to make sure you are taken care of. It also sends the message that there is nothing in this country, no office, no institution, no legislative body, no one in uniform, that is more important or more sacred than DJT getting what he wants.
You just can’t spin it any other way, and this is always a key step in the move toward authoritarianism.
Trump promised he was going to pardon all of these people and he did. Do you think his promise to go after those who oppose him is just rhetoric? Do you think he wanted Matt Gaetz, the guy with a taste for drugs and underage girls, as AG because of his qualifications and good character or because he wants people who will do his bidding regardless of the legality of the order? You think Kash Patel, who has directly promised to go after Trump’s opposition, is going to be guided by the Constitution and the law or by delivering what Trump demands regardless of the legality?
I’ve said everything there is to say on this topic. I simply hope that there is enough institutional resilience left to effectively oppose Trump when he attempts to put himself above the Constitution, which he has absolutely done in the past and will certainly attempt to do again during the four years ahead.
