You Will Anyway: We'll never be free of Trump(s)

Sunday, March 5, 2023

We'll never be free of Trump(s)

Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he would not drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he was indicted in one of several investigations he is facing.

NYT

Of course not. That will just be more to rile up the base with.

“Oh absolutely. I wouldn’t even think about leaving,” he said, adding that he believed an indictment would increase his poll numbers.

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Trump is facing two state investigations — one in New York City and one in Fulton County, Ga. — as well as two federal investigations led by Jack Smith, a special prosecutor. Mr. Smith is investigating Mr. Trump’s attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of power after losing the 2020 election, as well as Mr. Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents and presidential material at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

The precise status of the efforts is unclear, but the two state investigations are believed to be in advanced stages.

Trump himself is in advanced stages.

“Every time the polls go up higher and higher, the prosecutors get crazier and crazier,” he said.

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Several people close to Mr. Trump have said he believes his presidential campaign can be used as a cudgel to hit back against the prosecutors. In his remarks on Saturday, Mr. Trump repeatedly cast the prosecutors as corrupt and politically motivated, citing no evidence. As he has for years, he cast the investigations not as result of his own actions, but as an effort to silence the voices of his supporters.

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“I am your warrior. I am your justice,” Mr. Trump told the [CPAC] crowd, before appearing to promise payback if elected to a new term. “And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”

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“This is it, either they win or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country.”

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Mr. Trump also contributed to a song released this week on streaming services called “Justice for All” that featured several Jan. 6 defendants who were being held in a jail in Washington before their trials. In the song, Mr. Trump can be heard reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance” as the group of 20 or so inmates, calling themselves the J6 Prison Choir, sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which they do nightly at the jail.

JFC.

The fucker is nuts. And so are his followers.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 07:55 am:

They invite dictators.

Was Orban not there?

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