Summary
Donald Trump, speaking at the Justice Department, called for jailing officials behind the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and defended allies while attacking critics.
He praised Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed his classified documents case, and condemned those who criticized her.
Trump called former special counsel Jack Smith “deranged” and referred to Jan. 6 defendants as “hostages.”
His remarks, delivered before Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, underscore his escalated rhetoric on retribution now that he holds presidential power again.
If you want to understand why Schumer and Dem leadership caved to Trump’s budget yesterday, read this article.
Trump is promising political prosecutions of his most prominent political opponents.
Schumer believes him.
Schumer doesn’t have the guts to take that heat.
Schumer - and the Democrat old guard in general - made their bones in an America where political opposition to the ruling party came with little or no personal or financial risk. Schumer and his ilk built careers and comfortable fortunes, enjoyed the financial benefits of corporate lobbying, dabbled in what was technically insider trading and tax evasion and campaign finance violations, secure in the knowledge the FBI would pursue only the most egregious cases of fraud and they could enjoy the benefits of power as long as they didn’t get too greedy.
And now Schumer is looking at an America where political opposition comes with very real personal consequences. Where opposing the ruling party means law enforcement will go through your record with a fine toothed comb looking for skeletons to drag out of your closet.
Civil rights warriors of the 60s signed up for that. The men and women who risked beatings and jail time to march against segregation aren’t going to back down from threats of prosecution now.
Leftists and anarchists signed up for that. The people who risked arrest to protest George Floyd’s murder, who marched in protests where windows were smashed and cars firebombed knowing Patriot Act provisions could see every one of them charged as terrorists for the actions of a few - people who know the FBI is monitoring them already and looking for an excuse - aren’t going to stop just because Trump confirmed rhe FBI is out to get them.
Fat happy pampered Senators who’ve never seen the inside of a jail cell in their life?
Fat happy pampered Senators who’ve been getting rich off dubiously legal campaign donations and insider trading for decades?
Yeah, they’re going to back down and submit to Trump rather than risk making themselves a target of Trump’s FBI.
And yesterday they did.
An America where the opposition party leadership is the target of political prosecutions needs leadership willing to risk those prosecutions. Willing to lead the opposition from jail if that’s what it takes to stand up for what they believe in.
Fighting authoritarianism means risking your life and freedom for what you believe in.
Current Dem leadership don’t have the guts.
Damn… that hadnt crossed my mind. I get Schumer, fuck him still, but i kinda get it.
I’d also add the fact that his donors might have not liked the idea of a government shutdown causing further turbulence to the stock market.