Posted on 06/11/2023 9:52:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former President Donald Trump has declared his intention to run for the White House in 2024, even if convicted. Trump faces 37 counts related to documents seized from the infamous raid at Mar-a-Lago last August. Trump maintains his innocence, and calls the federal case a “boxes hoax” and a “witch hunt.”
The former President made two campaign stops, giving 90-minute speeches in both Georgia and North Carolina on Saturday. Trump’s supporters lined the side of the highway running parallel to the runway at the airport in Columbus, Ga., where Trump’s jet would be touching down, while others, including Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, greeted him on the tarmac.
Aboard his private plane between stops, Trump told reporters:
I’ll never leave. Look, if I would have left, I would have left prior to the original race in 2016. That was a rough one. In theory that was not do-able.
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) June 10, 2023
A conviction would not legally prevent Trump from running for or winning the presidency in 2024. He could theoretically appear on the ballot even while serving a prison sentence. When asked about the prospect of pardoning himself if he were to be re-elected, Trump responded:
I don’t think I’ll ever have to. I didn’t do anything wrong.
The former President added that he also does not plan on taking a plea deal unless there is a scenario “where they pay me some damages.” Trump made criticisms of special counsel Jack Smith and argued that the case against him was politically motivated, saying:
These are thugs and degenerates who are after me.
Trump is the frontrunner in the GOP primary polls, despite facing two indictments since April. The unsealed 49-page indictment marks the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced federal charges. The charges include allegations of willful retention of national defense documents and conspiring to obstruct justice. Trump said:
Nobody wants to be indicted, I don’t care that my poll numbers went up by a lot. I don’t want to be indicted. I’ve never been indicted. I went through my whole life, now I get indicted every two months. It’s been political.
During his speeches, he criticized the “corrupt” Department of Justice and the Biden administration, describing the indictment as baseless and a form of “election interference” and “demented persecution.”
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Trump expressed his belief that the indictments were driven by prosecutors who fear facing him in an election, comparing the actions to authoritarian regimes. He accused the Justice Department of exhibiting a level of “Trump derangement syndrome” and compared their actions to abuses seen in “third-world countries.” Trump told the audience:
This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice. You’re watching Joe Biden [try] to jail his leading political opponent – an opponent that is beating him by a lot in the polls – just like they do in Stalinist Russia or communist China. No different.
After speaking at the Georgia state GOP convention, Trump entered a Waffle House restaurant where he announced, “Waffles on Trump!” The Waffle House was filled with supporters, including a local restaurant owner who made his mother’s meatloaf recipe for him.
Secret Service won’t let him eat that, but Ruth Ann’s should put it on the menu. https://t.co/3NFfSYfotO
— BrutalBrittany💕 (@BrutalBrittany2) June 10, 2023
Then Trump posed for pictures with law enforcement before departing for North Carolina. Trump will be arraigned in a federal courtroom in Miami on Tuesday.
I Will write him in
Yep.
There is a reason they fear him so insanely.
We should all remember that the Left targeted Donald Trump long before this current crop of lawfare incidents. They hated him and tried to find something as he was being inaugurated. Anything. Tax returns. Business filings for sites of skyscrapers. Then a phone call to a foreign country.
Plan A is to stop him from getting on ballots legally, tie his attention up so he can’t plot campaign strategy in a focused way and keep him from being eligible to take office.
Plan B will be to do as they did to JFK to see that he doesn’t make it to a second election. God forbid.
I am totally convinced, the communists are indeed, very capable of assassination. They are just flat out evil.
Trump needs to watch his 6. The evil bast—— are out there.
Convictions ain’t gonna happen and you can take that to the bank.... er.... credit union..... too many banks failing atm.
There was a whole list of what Communists would do to conquer our nation from within without firing a shot. It was read into the Congressional Record, wasn't it?
Here it is:
They fear him because he will replace the entire senior military, and the entire executive branch will be hauled off to gitmo for treason trials
Insanely so. The depth and breadth is farscial.
Team Obama obtained illegal FISA warrants to spy on his campaign And got busted in the act.
He hadn’t even been inaugerated and they were impeaching.
Not a doubt,the real thing. He’s the man with the cross, the oak stake, scyth, silver bullets, garlic and sterilizing light.
The blood suckers will say and do ANYTHING to stay alive and cling to power.
Anyway, just as an aside for a moment. Years ago, I was living in Northern California. I went to a public library, cuz I wanted information on the subject. I went to the librarian and asked her if I could get a copy of the communist manifesto, to gather information. She picked it up, and had it in my hand, in less than a heartbeat. I was amazed at how fast it was in my hand. I wonder what she would say, if I asked for the US Constitution? It would probably take her a week to find it, if she could find it at all. I hate communism. We have too much communism in America right now.
I could get down with that, but the rats 🐀 are capable of jeopardizing his physical well being. He needs to watch out for them.
..and we will still vote for and support President Trump no matter what the democrat communists of the deep state do.
So will I.
best 50mins I’ve spent on the Trump indictment:
12 June: Youtube: 50mins: VIVA FREI: SEND THIS VIDEO TO TRUMP - (Robert) Barnes Analysis of Federal Indictment - IT’S BULLPLOP! Viva & Trump Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCDVOmGPlo
Not long ago people believed there was no way he would be indicted. Now the next step is not to believe that he will actually be convicted. I suppose after that we won’t actually believe him getting sent away to prison. All blind faith in a system that is rotted out to the core. What will people say when it actually happens?
Trump is playing the victim card again. We need a fresh start, a positive message, belief in a bright future. I’ll support the candidate best suited to achieve that. It won’t be DJT. The anger and thirst for payback is ugly and poisonous.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Connecticut governor signs bill authorizing early voting
Not a coinkydink.
If you're able-bodied and love our former republic, don't vote early.
Indictment:
Trump
Vs.
Conspirators
Say or do?
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