[The Toll]

“I don’t want her to go down in history as a traitor to her country.”

But....she is a traitor to her country.

[outofsalt]

“I don’t want her to go down in history as a traitor to her country.”
But....she is a traitor to her country.

I think she was more focused on the, “going down” aspect of her plea as to how her daughter will be remembered but, I could be wrong.