WE ARE DEFINITELY NO LONGER IN KANSAS, TOTO
Donald Trump is terrified by what has happened in court during his election-interference trial, during which eye witness after eye witness has testified to his sleaze, his lies, and his bullshit, none of which have been negated by any of the Lawyers Who Got Their License From A Box Of Cracker Jacks who form his crackerjack legal defense team.
To reassure himself that he is still Maximum Leader of the Confederate White People’s Treason Party, he has called his fellow traitors to come to New York and demonsrate their loyalty to him by speaking the lies he is no longer allowed to say himself.
This morning, House Speaker “MAGA Mike” Johnson came to New York to continue his assault on the U.S. judicial system, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court with Donald Trump and using his powerful position to attack the hush money case against the former president as an illegitimate “sham.”
Johnson’s appearance marked a truly “remarkable moment” in modern American politics: The House speaker publicly turning against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to American government and a cornerstone of democracy.
Johnson, who is second in line for the presidency, called the court system “corrupt.”
Outside the New York courthouse, he decried “This ridiculous prosecution that is not about justice. It’s all about politics.” Johnson specifically attacked the credibility of Michael Cohen as “a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge;” claimed lead prosecutor Matthew Colangelo “recently received over $10,000 in payments from the Democratic National Committee;” and reiterated Trump’s attack on the daughter of Judge Juan M. Merchan as having made “millions of dollars” doing online fundraising for Democrats.
The speaker is leading a growing list of Republican lawmakers who criticize the judicial system as they rally to Trump’s side. They say what the Trump campaign tells them to say, which are the statements that got Trump ten counts of violating the gag order.
All of these are things Trump has said before, which were determined in court to be violations of the gag order imposed on him, for which he has been fined. Using the congressional toadies is Trump’s way of getting the word out while avoiding the possibility of ending up in a jail cell for further violation of the gag order.
With Trump stuck in court, Johnson and his fellow traitors are taking it on themselves to attack the proceedings, using the trial as a de facto campaign stop as they work to return the former president to the White House. In portraying the case against Trump as politically motivated, the Republicans are also laying the groundwork to dismiss its significance, should the jury convict, and for potential challenges to the fall election,.
Let us remember that Johnson - whose worthless ass was recently saved from defenestration by the Whackadoodle Caucus of the House GOP by the votes of Democrats - was a chief architect of Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential results ahead of the January 6, 2021, mob assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Last week he called the hush money trial and the other election-year cases against Trump a “borderline criminal conspiracy.”
Today, outside of court in New York City - where he insisted he was appearing on his own to support a friend - he proclaimed, “It is election interference. And the American people are not going to let this stand.”
Unlike other Republicans who have shown up to bend their knee and show their support, Johnson did not enter the courtroom, instead departing as he dashed back to Washington to open the House chamber for the day.
Also in court with Trump on Tuesday were Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum - who are both considered possible VP candidates - as well as the Most Annoying Man In America, former GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who is one of Trump’s current top surrogates. These poltroons followed Senators Jimmy Vance of Ohio and the Top Senate Moron, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who appeared in court yesterday.
Over the weekend, Senator Skeletor, er, I mean Rick Scott - who was the first congressional traitor to show up in the “family row” in the courtroom last week - went on Faux Snooze and proclaimed, “The Democrats are using the court system to go after and prosecute, criminally, a political opponent - that’s a crime. They’re just thugs trying to stop Trump from being able to run for president.”
This morning, before court convened, with the group of congressional traitors gathered in the background, Trump said , “I do have a lot of surrogates, and they’re speaking very beautifully, and they come from all over Washington. And they’re highly respected, and they think this is the greatest scam they’ve ever seen.”
As usual, every Trump attack is a public confession: what he is accused of doing to get elected is the greatest scam anyone has ever seen.
In a departure from the tradition of trust and adherence in U.S. election systems, Johnson and other Republicans have refused to answer straightforwardly when asked if they will accept the election results of 2024.
That these treasonous scum wear the flag of the United States on their lapels and claim themselves “patriots” is enough to gag a maggot.
We are definitely no longer in Kansas, Toto, and the traitors are preparing the ground to start the civil war they have long hoped to see.
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It would be helpful if some diligent reporter got into the NYC court archives and compiled a list of the thousands, yes, thousands of law suits Trump's been party to. Publish the list and ask the magas why the courts were going political on Trump during all the years before he ever became political. And those suits he himself initiated, well, ask why he weaponized the courts to go after his business opponents. Make the NY Times publish one of their Sunday supplements to contribute to history.
And thanks for your assessment of Vivek. He's clearly angling for VP (delusional) or cabinet post. That backdrop of cloying and slurping political parasites makes me weep for the country and the remaining sane participants in what was once a democracy other nations aspired to. Dog, I'm glad I'm old.
I seem to recall Judge Juan Merchan's gag orders very specifically stating "or have others.."
$1,000 fine for contempt against Mike Johnson. Plus 30 hours incarceration for contempt against Donald Trump, to be served from 8pm Tuesday to 2am Thursday (covering a period when the defendant is not required to appear in court and which will not interfere with him attending weekend political rallies).
Guess they're lucky I'm not a/the Judge.