Trump's loony rants should remind the GOP his nomination would be disastrous
One does not need a medical degree or a therapists license to conclude that defeated former president Donald Trumps nutty rant insisting that he be made president immediately or the 2020 election be rerun is the sign of an unhinged personality. Under pressure from the increasingly potent espionage investigation, he might be losing his grip. For a change, you dont hear Republicans rushing forth to support his latest insane demand.
Trumps posting of QAnon messages and implicit threats (in increasingly unintelligible syntax) suggests that he is losing the ability or desire to control his impulsive outbursts. This is the guy whom millions of Republicans want to nominate for president.
Since the redacted affidavit was released last week, the only two defenses from Republicans are no defenses at all. The first, courtesy of Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), amounts to extortion: Prosecute Trump and therell be blood in the streets. The second is the laughable inquiry: Is that all? Its not all, because the affidavit was heavily redacted. Moreover, the notion that we are talking just about documents ignores that most espionage cases are about documents (or equivalent material). Thats where the secrets are.
Trump defenders ignore at their own risk ample indications in the affidavit and news reports that documents were withheld even after a Trump lawyer represented that all confidential material had been returned, that the documents were in an unlocked storage area and that documents were moved. Any rational adult should be aware that evidence might show that Trump violated statutes the Justice Department cited in the affidavit (concerning obstruction and concealment/mutilation/removal). If so, aggravating crimes in addition to violation of the Espionage Act may be at issue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/trump-rants-2024-republicans/
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,990 posts)disastrous for them. These opinion writers simply can't seem to grasp that logic simply does not apply to Republicans.
keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)Loony doesn't bother republicans. Look at Herschel Walker. A better than even chance.