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Removing Trump Is Not Enough. He Must Be Prosecuted.
The Nation ^ | 1 Dec, 2020 | SASHA ABRAMSKY

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.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; idesofmarch; insurrection
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To: MtnClimber

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!


81 posted on 12/02/2020 5:25:49 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MtnClimber
His authoritarian presence on the political stage,

The TDS crowd keeps using the word Authoritarian, but are too deranged to see Trump is possibly the least authoritarian President in decades.

82 posted on 12/02/2020 5:26:57 AM PST by Fzob
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To: MtnClimber

Trump has done nothing illegal.


83 posted on 12/02/2020 5:27:38 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: EEGator

No, he shouldn’t.
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Yes he should.

If this steal remains unchecked, our country is gone.

Trump is our last chance at saving our nation just like Lincoln.


84 posted on 12/02/2020 5:27:46 AM PST by HypatiaTaught
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To: ConservativeMind

Trump is the most vetted President in history.


85 posted on 12/02/2020 5:29:24 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: nralife

“””With articles like this everywhere on Free Republic these days, I might as well read the turncoat Drudge Report. It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference.”””


I personally do not mind seeing a commentary from a Leftist media being occasionally posted on FR.

One per week would be enough to satisfy my interest in seeing what Leftists are reading these days.


86 posted on 12/02/2020 5:29:25 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: MtnClimber

Witch hunt and prosecute Trump, great to bring unity and to untie us as Americans, huh, AbramskyIdiot?

But then again, being born and raised in the UK does not make you American anyhow, right?


87 posted on 12/02/2020 5:30:38 AM PST by cranked
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To: Howie66

I join you, but we will have to put some of our own in cages. They are not to be trusted.


88 posted on 12/02/2020 5:31:31 AM PST by JonPreston ( )
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To: nralife

There are dung flingers all over Free Republic. They are like monkeys playing with their own feces.


89 posted on 12/02/2020 5:31:58 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: MtnClimber

These leftwing communist totalitarians want to eradicate history and anyone associated with defending our Constitution.

They are truly satanic evil.

Time is running out for the good guys and we are close to all-out armed civil war.

The only question is what side will police and military choose?


90 posted on 12/02/2020 5:32:53 AM PST by newfreep (The Communist/DNC VOTER FRAUD is Trump's ONLY opponent in 2020 election.)
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To: Russ
That’s a smash-worthy face.

Yep! He'd look real good with a smashed nose, and he'd be crying' like a baby
91 posted on 12/02/2020 5:33:50 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: MtnClimber

I guess it’s important to know how angry these folks are. I am Pretty sure most folks here don’t agree with the conclusions.


92 posted on 12/02/2020 5:34:32 AM PST by Vermont Lt (We have entered "Insanity Week." Act accordingly.)
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To: MtnClimber

That expresses the thought of the left. When they are in power, they are nazis. When they are out of power, they accuse the humans of being nazis.


93 posted on 12/02/2020 5:34:52 AM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much more than a virus from china.)
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To: MtnClimber
Third time I have read the call for Trump’s arrests on 2 days. Again, they are telegraphing their next steps.

Don’t act shocked when they do it.

94 posted on 12/02/2020 5:35:45 AM PST by riri (All of my heroes are banned from the internet)
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To: HypatiaTaught

I thought the US died in 2008 when Obama won?

Obama sucked for 8 years, but that’s how we got Trump.

For fun, Trump declares Martial Law, then what?
What’s the plan moving forward?
What precedent is now set?


95 posted on 12/02/2020 5:39:50 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MtnClimber

“For this, he must be made to face a legal reckoning.”

OK, great. Now what are the charges?? What laws were broken? Where’s the evidence?

This article appears to be from a full blown black commie outfit, something only the most die hard commie lefties would read.


96 posted on 12/02/2020 5:41:46 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: MtnClimber

And just what are President Trump’s myriad crimes?! In fact name just one ‘crime’ please. Waiting.....


97 posted on 12/02/2020 5:42:10 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Vermont Lt

You are right. These people thrive on hate. They view things through a lens of envy and greed. Anyone who is successful through hard work is someone they hate. They think that person exploited others to become successful. Although some successful people like Bill Gates are OK now because he turned leftist and hates others who work hard now. I posted this story to help others know who these people are and help them understand that we probably can’t just get along.


98 posted on 12/02/2020 5:42:16 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: EEGator

We never got Trump. The Uniparty invalidated his election via the ongoing coup and disenfranchised us. That is the “precedent now set”


99 posted on 12/02/2020 5:42:32 AM PST by lodi90
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To: JonPreston

Sic semper tyrannis.


100 posted on 12/02/2020 5:44:25 AM PST by EEGator
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