F.B.I. Raids Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
Oh man, just took a quick tour of the right wing internet; I'm suddenly getting the urge to make sure my plate carrier is in order and close at hand tonight.
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the irony is too much.
Maybe some RINO's, but the Republican collective hatred of and desire to "own" the left are much stronger.
The whole RINO thing really is misplaced. The Republicans opposing Trump are true conservatives and patriots who aren't willing to compromise their values simply to get a populist candidate in office. And that is what Trump is: a populist candidate, not a true Republican. The only value he really holds is his own ego.
The Republicans opposing Trump would rather lose an election than pervert their ideals or put a wanna be authoritarian in office. I may not agree with many of their ideals, but I respect their devotion to the constitution and our country.
That said, I agree that the Republican collective hatred of and desire to "own" the left is much stronger, but that isn't a good thing. You can't move a country forward on hate for half the population, and refusing to buy into that populist appeal of hate hardly makes someone a traitor to their political party.
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Before I got side tracked with a comment I felt compelled to address, my observation about the raid:
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
(Trump's choice of attack for political opponents was often to push for investigation. His choice of attack for business opponents was litigation. And so on).
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A typically measured and reasoned response whine from Trump (my emphasis to aid readability):
Obviously, the astonishment at the idea that the Feds would search his safe, i.e. a place where people typically hide things of great value—like, perhaps, highly sensitive documents—is the best part. Also, the fact that it happened on the anniversary of the day Richard Nixon announced he would resign.
Of course the usual suspects leapt into action:
Basically, it's absolutely anything but a justifiable reason for an FBI investigation into apparent disregard of the Presidential Records Act. These guys don't just rock up to a place because they feel like it - process was followed. It's understandable that this is an alien concept to Trump.
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In order for a federal judge (especially, perhaps, a federal judge appointed by Trump) to approve a search warrant searching Trump's estate, there must be quite a bit of justification for it.
They don't hand out search warrants like toilet paper.
Florida is a conservative state, in general. Their judges probably wouldn't be influenced by the "woke police." I doubt very much that any judge would be "bought" by a Democratic administration to approve these warrants.
They just believe Trump is a threat to 200 or more years of constitutional government.
It’s wise to never keep things you shouldn’t have anywhere on your property or a place that can be connected to you.
A fox doesn’t s**t in his den.
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I see only that this case is being built with much greater care than either of the impeachment attempts. This is necessary to ensure that there will be no legal loopholes through which Mr. Trump's lawyers can dump the case. If Mr. Trump is ever brought to trial for his crimes, there should be no wiggle-room for the defense, so that Mr. Trump will be convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated before senility finally catches up with him.
But, if he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial (e.g., "Non Compos Mentis"), then that will be enough to keep him out of the Whitehouse for good . . . and for the good of the country.
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They don't hand out search warrants like toilet paper.
Florida is a conservative state, in general. Their judges probably wouldn't be influenced by the "woke police." I doubt very much that any judge would be "bought" by a Democratic administration to approve these warrants.
They just believe Trump is a threat to 200 or more years of constitutional government.
It will be nice to know what the actual details are, instead of being left to speculate.
They're talking about Trump screwing around with classified documents taken from the White House to his estate.
Don't forget----there are state charges looming for Trump, too----specifically, Georgia. One phone call might be one phone call too much.
You would think that some entity like the FBI or the CIA would like Trump because of his conservative proclivities----yet, they don't, because he represents a threat to the whole concept of these United States.
As for a "banana-republic" move, Trump and his gang pulled the ultimate attempted "banana-republic" move.
Let’s say y’all’s wet dream comes true and your boogie man gets sent up the river.
1. He becomes a martyr and unites the right, but it’ll be a lot more than just tiki torches and Dodge Challengers.
2. Makes a DeSantis victory more certain. You really really won’t like DeSantis.
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