Republicans are complaining that the raid was "unprecedented." Well, Trump's transgressions were unprecedented. Did a U.S. president ever incite a mob to attack the Capitol in order to block the peaceful transition of power? They are putting party over country in a way that is frankly hard to understand. Ok, he's your guy but at some point you'd think they would look out for the good of the country, for everyone's sake. An attempted coup apparently dosen't do it.
Right? "I was never arrested until I robbed the bank! Ever!"
Ok?
Republicans are now literally just arguing Trump is above the law. I haven't even heard anyone argue for his innocence, just that they shouldn't have went to his home and taken stuff. What were they supposed to do? They've been trying to get what they're after for fifteen months, and clearly it wasn't working (or they've been tipped off to additional crimes). Who really knows, but the FBI treated him far better than they did Breona Taylor and other victims who were injured or scared to death by faulty no-knock warrants from police departments. The FBI called the Secret Service (whom one Fox analyst argued should have "protected" Trump, whatever that means...) and warned them that they were coming by, and did so in plain clothes so as not to create a scene.
This is all typical GOP gaslighting and riling up the base. It has no factual merit. Trump was treated the same as anyone else. Chris Wray is the man Trump appointed. Garland is a well-respected and qualified man - even the GOP lavished praise on him when they refused to hold a vote for him as a Supreme Court justice. It was a power-grab, not an anti-Garland maneuver. The justice department is made up of all sorts of men and women of different political ideologies. I'm sure there are people who are staunch Trumpers in the JD, they're just not cultists and are capable of separating their political opinions from their actual job. This whole "deep state" garbage or whining that its "the democrats" is just a way to whip up the anger of their base and turn out the vote. That's all republicans care about. Trump is popular with their base, so they follow the lead.
When you stand on the sidelines, its very clear that Fox News, the GOP and all their enablers think - seemingly correctly - their base are idiots who believe anything they are told. The GOP are still riding this thing out until it crashes down around them, but when the fire gets too hot to handle, they'll be the first to do an about-face and pretend they were always against Trump and what he stands for.
Frankly, while I'm tired of the Trump shit-show, it looks like its here to stay for some time, so at this point I really don't care if he runs again. He lost the popular vote twice and he turns out voters against him as much as he does his own, so I find it hard to believe he could win another race, and if we thought things got ugly when a chunk of republicans who actually lost got mad and were convinced they won, things will get REALLY ugly if Trump loses - again - and they try to shove him into office anyways by committing the same fraud and deceit they lie about. Simply put, these people are a loud minority, not a silent majority.
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