Republican riots after FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago could bring chills to investigation into possible misconduct .
Portland, Maine — If you want to know how the indictment of the former president will test the system, and if you want a taste of the misfortune wrought on America regarding Donald Trump, See what happened after that. The FBI searched his home in Lago Mara, Florida.
Right exploded. They yelled, yelled, and roared. The words were not only shrill, but terrifying. Sometimes they encouraged violence.
It was a scripted performance taken from a well-crafted playbook by Republicans and their far-right fellow travelers . Atlantic 56}
"The raid...is a further escalation of the federal agency's weaponization against the administration's political opponents," tweeted Ron DeSantis.
"This is the worst attack on this republic in modern history," declared Fox He Levin of the News. Riot (6 January 2021), Terror (11 September), 2001), Assassination (22 November 1963), War (7 December 1941). Ridiculous. period.
Compare FBI to "Gestapo", "Stalinist Stasi", "Roman Praetorian Guard" . "Pay off" the secretariat. Call the raids "declaring war" and "dying hills."
Thus hysteria bubbled up in the Capitol, on the Internet, and on television.
These are the Republican Party's new rules of order in public debate. Do not rush to judge. Ignore the facts. Start shooting. Empty your arsenal. Deny, deny, deny. Attack, attack, attack.
If you are Kevin McCarthy, who wants to be Speaker of the House, commit to impeaching Attorney General Merrick Garland. Since we sold out to Trump, we know that the loudest, quirkiest people go the furthest.
McCarthy leads Barry Goldwater in this crusade against Regime. Self-control is not a virtue. Madness is not evil.
Reality: The search warrant was approved by a judge after the search was approved by Garland weeks later. it was done. Negotiations with Trump failed. Garland was cautious and deliberately did not indict Trump, disappointing Democrats. Additionally, the FBI reportedly uncovered highly classified materials. Amusingly, enthusiastic Republicans were surprised when that innocuous fact came to light.
The greatest danger today is perception. Brooks and other minions say the political situation is too sensitive to prosecute Trump. It causes division. That would improve Trump's chances in 2024. Read the headline of Brooks' column.
This is what Trump supporters want. Discredit the legal process and cast enough shadows to threaten civil anarchy, if not civil war.
The traditional view is to follow the evidence wherever it leads, regardless of risk. But if a nasty trial during the presidential election alienates half the country and disrupts the system, is there a compelling argument for it.
Forty-eight years ago the United States asked a similar question about Richard Nixon and Watergate. He resigned from his presidency on August 9, 1974, warning that senior Republicans would be impeached and convicted. A con man, a racist, and an anti-Semite, Nixon went home and shut up.
Ford was put in a pillory when Gerald Ford issued a full pardon in his September. Since he escaped Nixon's prosecution, he did not make the country and his new administration more distressed.
Fox News, the Internet, Newt in his pre-Gingrich, McCarthy, Mitch McConnell days. it's been. As Ford called it, "our long national nightmare" is over. Years later, Ford was praised for his bravery.
Trump is not Nixon. He never admits guilt and walks away. Burning with his vengeance and insanity, he plans to escape again.
Someday, someone, somewhere, in exchange for his promise not to seek public office, will prosecute all may offer Trump a deal to withdraw the The problem is Trump never agrees.
Amidst fire and brimstone, choruses of clamor and weakness, the prosecutors of Washington, New York, and Atlanta have but one choice. No, we're all investigating Trump.
Leave it to justice. May the law take precedence. Let's unfold the event. And, as always, I hope the troubled republic will survive.
Andrew Cohen is a journalist and professor at Carleton University,Two Days June, also author of in: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History
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