And so it starts. I think it is now likely that by Labor Day, Trump will have been indicted four times – in New York, in Fulton County, Georgia, in Florida, and in DC. Regardless of how those trials go and when they occur, Trump will win enough of the Republican primaries to be nominated for the presidency. Republicans will then be faced with an impossible choice: whether to get behind an indicted and/or convicted candidate, or to change the rules at the last moment to remove him as candidate (which they can do) and then have him tell all of his supporters not to vote for Republicans.
This is not the time to demonstrate our moral and political commitments by promoting and voting for third-party presidential candidates. It is the time to put forward at the state and local level as many progressive candidates as we can find. A sizable minority of adults in this country are deeply committed to hateful racist, sexist policies and attitudes to which they will remain committed regardless of how successful we are in defeating the Republican Party. I do not have all that many years left to fight but I will use them as best I can and I hope the rest of you will as well.
Not to spoil anyone's hopeful fantasies, but other than an overnight stay for a court order violation, Trump will never spend a day in jail. He will throw everyone under the bus, including family, friends, attorneys, etc., to stay out of prison.
ReplyDeleteI see Aileen Cannon will be the judge.
ReplyDelete"...to remove him as candidate (which they can do)..." RPW
ReplyDeleteshould this happen and DeSantis take his place as Biden's challenger, it's a great opportunity for him to position himself as the enforcer of Trumpism and the savior of Republicans and the country. And as unfortunate as it is, Biden will look even older against DeSantis than he did against Trump.
(It's not the first step in that direction for DeSantis to get behind Trump now in the document affair.)