Posted on 12/02/2020 4:47:20 AM PST by MtnClimber
Inauguration Day is only seven weeks away. In “normal” times, the outgoing president and his team would at this point be facilitating a smooth transfer of power—tying up a few policy loose ends, but generally making way for the new president and acknowledging the new political priorities of that president.
None of that is happening with Donald Trump. In fact, quite the reverse........
Given how the post-election period has developed, it’s not enough to remove this man from power. His authoritarian presence on the political stage, the cancer that he represents on the American body politic, must be obliterated, leaving absolutely no possibility of a second act. For he has in this past month declared total war on American democracy. And in this struggle, there can be no middle ground.
There is a lot of talk of “healing” and “moving on,” of ignoring Trump’s myriad crimes in order to somehow nurture the greater good. But healing involves, at the very least, acknowledgment of culpability on the part of the guilty—that was, after all, the foundational principle of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Trump is not only not admitting any culpability, but his rampage against the legal, political, and cultural pillars of American democracy is actually intensifying as his term in office draws to a close.
Without even a nod to truth, there certainly can be no reconciliation. Trump’s disgraceful, dangerous behavior, from his self-dealing while in government to his last-ditch efforts to subvert the popular will, is cratering trust in American democracy. For this, he must be made to face a legal reckoning.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
As you Libs are fond of asking, “where’s the evidence?”.
Wouldn’t you like to meet Sasha on a dark alley.
MAY 12, 2018,
Sasha Abramsky on the Decline of Empathy and the Future of Democracy
Sorry commies, by this time in 2016 you had us all labeled as racists, homophobes, sexists, nazis, thieves, etc.. You all set a new low standard yet again, now I’m at the point of wondering why they deserve a shred of civility.
He wouldn’t made it past 6th grade in my elementary school
What crimes?
” Trump’s disgraceful, dangerous behavior, from his self-dealing while in government to his last-ditch efforts to subvert the popular will, is cratering trust in American democracy. For this, he must be made to face a legal reckoning.”
What did he do exactly Sasha?, you group thinking deep state wannabe POS.
The left is unhinged. We are next . . .
"COVID!!!!"
OK, so maybe not the best response, but he had 25 people advising him including physicians and epidemiologists. What's number two?
.......... Crickets.
No, he shouldn’t.
Who is this author? Ever heard of him before?
He’s just some poontang running his turtlenecked mouth.
He has no power whatsoever.
Punch a communist.
They deserve it.
If you live your whole life in a toilet, you will probably end up thinking like a turd.. I feel sorry for the kids..
Yep they are not “liberals” and we all need to stop referring to them as such. They are Marxists aka Totalitarians plain and simple.
these people are truly brain-damaged
“...That’s a smash-worthy face....”
While others view it as just another “target-rich environment”.
Not just prosecuted, but tortured as well to get him to confess all his crimes against the people! And Melania should be waterboarded to force her to confess to her crucifying LGBTQ and trans children upside down. And slicing their throats to drain out their blood so that the Trumps can drink it at their Christmas dinner. And then there is that arch-criminal Barron, whom we can feed into a shredder slowly. Oh, the things we can do to these spawn of perdition once our Lord and Saviour Joseph of Delaware (or is it Scranton?) is on the thrione. We will make them pay for their refusal to accept others and to be tolerant. Oh, how we will make them pay! Die, die, die, Trump family! (/liberal)
It’s a commie rag. Why publicize it?
Otherwise Beside that, there was a thread last week that said Trump might consider giving himself a full pardon for all crimes real or imagined, during his tenure.
Not only is there no evidence, he doesn’t even mention a specific crime, just stuff he doesn’t like about Trump.
I guess it sells to the low information voters.
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