Posted on 05/31/2024 6:54:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich stated Thursday on Fox News that black voters, one of the Democratic Party’s key voting blocs, will “rise up” and instead support former President Donald Trump following his guilty verdict.
Blagojevich appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” to discuss the verdict. A New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts for alleged falsified business records. A judge previously sentenced Blagojevich to 14 years for trying to sell then-president-elect Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat, and Trump commuted it in 2020. Watters asked the former governor about his thoughts on the former president’s case.
“I see this as déjà vu all over again. I didn’t break a single law, cross a line or take a penny. They failed to convict me at a first trial, tried me a second time, used unlawful jury instructions to criminalize things that were legal. They learned from that, and now they’re doing it at the major-league level — what they did to a Democrat governor at the triple A level — and doing it to the leading candidate of the opposition party, being done by the party in power. My party, the Democratic Party. It’s a very sad day for America on many levels,” Blagojevich stated.
“On a personal level, I’m grateful to President Trump for commuting my sentence. My heart sinks when I think about what he has to go through, what his family has to go through. My heart is broken for our country because this is serious business and these Democrats, my fellow Democrats who run the show now, are coordinating these prosecutions against Trump from the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C. with assistance from the White House and Biden.”
“It’s so obvious to me because I’ve lived it myself. In my case, these were Bush-appointed Republicans who did it to me. Now the Democrats are doing it to Trump, but what they’re doing is they’re destroying the rule of law, our constitution, which will eventually lead to the loss of our freedom. Nothing is sacred with these people, nothing is sacred. It’s politics at all costs and forget about the law, and forget about injustice and forget about destroying somebody through prosecution, persecution and the politics of personal destruction.”
Watters pointed out how Democrats were “celebrating” due to the verdict. He asked Blagojevich if he believed some voters were questioning if Democrats had gone “too far.” Blagojevich stated that while most Democrats just believed the information “fed to them,” he predicted black voters will leave Democrats for Trump as they see “through” the conviction.
“I think most partisan Democrats are doing exactly what you are saying, which is disgraceful. It’s unfortunate. I think in fairness to them, they just believe the baloney that’s being fed to them. But I think there’s one group of Democratic constituencies that’s going to rise up because they recognize it. I’m talking about the black community. That for too long in America has been on the wrong side of weaponized prosecutors targeting them. They see this for what it is,” Blagojevich continued.
“I know when I went through my difficulties the one place I could find some love, support, and some comfort was in the black churches and the black community because they understood you can’t believe what the man does. Because they know how sometimes the man lies, cheats, misuse[s], and abuse[s] the law to get people. They’re seeing through this. My prediction is on November the 5th, that’s the real verdict, and Trump will win largely in some respects because the black vote is going to leave the Democrat Party and support him.”
Since Blagojevich was released from a Colorado federal prison in February 2020, he has notably thrown his support behind Trump, who cut his 14-year sentence short by roughly six years.
The New York jury convicted Trump on all 34 felony counts, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought forward, claiming that Trump falsified business records. The former president is scheduled for his sentencing July 11.
Maybe it’s time for Black voters to stop getting used and use their votes for progress.
It’s PAST time for that.
Doubt it. Massa treats ‘em well.
The Dung Beetle Party turd rollers rose up to get rid of law enforcement, it’s time now for Americans to rise up and get rid of the Department of Jackasses. The DOJ HAS GOT TO GO. IT’S THE MOST CORRUPT ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA!
American voters are stupid. Black voters are simply stupid voters who have been subjected to intense propaganda.
“Former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich...”
...got exactly what he deserved, according to my numerous friends in Illinois.
I think there are black political movements, but they don’t have any outrage over how the Democrats have done this or that policy that affects blacks. I think they are all about what’s in it for them...the insiders of whatever faction they’re involved with. As far as being angry about something that happened to a former white president in a court in New York...if they think about it at all that thought is, “meh.”
My friends:
2020 was stolen. “The most accurate election in history”
Black voters will rise up. Only for the George Floyd’s out there.
Trump will win in November-need I say more?
The 3 AM voters are Democrat votes..
If anyone ever wondered if there’s a way to drive a wedge into the black voting element, this MAY be it.
‘Bout time, TOO... as so many black judges, politicians, etc. sold themselves to the enemies of America and especially to the enemies of black Americans.
It reminds me of the expression, “waiting until the roof falls down on you”
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Not around here in East TX.
Trump is hot with my black friends at work.
Now he might get more of the black male vote. But the black women are the “step-n-fetchits” of the Democratic Party.
IMHO they already have due the the lawfare, that’s what started young blacks and latinos leaving the democrat party in droves. They know how it is to be wrongly targeted for who they are. Now the conviction will move the needle even farther and more minorities will jump on the Trump train in my opinion.
Too much wishful thinking on our side. It’s like whistling past the graveyard.
Think ‘the play is under review’. Followed up by a long drumroll where the commentators decide if it really was a fumble. While everyone is totally focused there is some form of advertising going on in our subconscious. Anybody remember ‘Kragen’ on the bottom of the chains when measuring for a first down?
Farfetched? Let’s just say we’re being played-again.
The Slave doesn’t dream of freedom, he dreams of being Master.
And look at all the people that have gone against Trump. It’s been black people for the most part. They get to play “Master”.
Otherwise, you have sold yourself to the guys who say they'll give you a free phone ... or whatever. To even SUGGEST that something like a free phone is all you are worth is the kind of an insult that should not take decades to offend you.
If someone puts you under obligation to them (for whatever reason/for whatever ‘free thing’) then they own you, and you may just as well BE a slave.
The Democrats will do ballot harvesting even if black males are sitting this one out.
We’re wishful we don’t have to break the glass on the Declaration of Independence and sign over the previous signers and start killing enemies foreign and domestic..
Since 2020, it’s been wait until 2024.
Trump’s orders..
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