Damon Linker argues that the Colorado ruling is a big mistake; it will only add fuel to the fire of populist Trump voters who feel that their candidate’s 2024 campaign is being thwarted by the establishment.
But for a politician like Trump, an indictment can be an opportunity because it confirms the populist narrative: See, they view me as such a potent threat that they’re threatening to throw me in jail just to get me to stop fighting for you. But they can’t scare me. Together, we will achieve vengeance!
Ostensibly for BoaT, enforcing the Constitution is corruption because Trump did all of those things. No one ever says he didn’t do those things; they just say those things don’t constitute insurrection, and thus Trump is “innocent”. Talk about staggering mental hoops…
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Ostensibly for BoaT, enforcing the Constitution is corruption because Trump did all of those things. No one ever says he didn’t do those things; they just say those things don’t constitute insurrection, and thus Trump is “innocent”. Talk about staggering mental hoops…
I wouldn’t go that far. There is plenty of people (potentially a few around here) that are willing to say that it’s all made up despite the evidence.
Agreed