Republicans come for Liz Cheney: Trump's allies in Congress set the stage for political prosecutions

Salon ^ | Dec. 18, 2024 | Charles R. Davis

[libstripper]

That the incoming Trump administration will go after its political enemies, using all levers of state power to intimidate and persecute those who previously sought to hold the president-elect accountable, can no longer be portrayed as hysterical speculation, nor as something that would surely be opposed by cooler heads in a Republican-led Congress.

Donald Trump ran as the candidate of “revenge” and "retribution," filling his meandering campaign speeches with complaints about those who had investigated him over his connections with Russia and incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Anyone hoping an electoral victory would spur a change in heart — as opposed to justifying, in his mind, a national campaign to repair his narcissistic injuries — was dispelled of that notion this week.

[libstripper]

Oh, the ecstatic joy of seeing the enemies of this great counry get their just deserts. Best of all, this is from "Salon."

[Ann Archy]

CRIMINAL PROSECUTION !

[JJBookman]

What goes around comes around!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Gee...what happened to “no one is above the law” or “if they didn’t do anything wrong, they’ve got nothing to fear”?

[albie]

Trump didn’t run on “revenge”. The rule of law dictates that criminals must be prosecuted. These are criminals Trump is after. The end

[Sirius Lee]

“revenge” and "retribution,"

Call it whatever you want, the bitch needs to rot for years in a jail. Preferably a nasty D.C. jail vacated by a J6 hostage.

[Carry_Okie]

Nobody forced her to tamper with witnesses or to destroy evidence.
Both are felonies she did on her lonesome.

[MtnClimber]

It is lizard season.

[Common Sense 101]

Political prosecutions... what a bunch of moronic libtard ass clowns.

[SaxxonWoods]

Bwahahahaha!

‘Political prosecutions’, the horror!

[philman_36]

That the incoming Trump administration will go after its political enemies, using all levers of state power to intimidate and persecute those who previously sought to hold the president-elect accountable, can no longer be portrayed as hysterical speculation, nor as something that would surely be opposed by cooler heads in a Republican-led Congress. Hmmmm...let's see if I got this right.

Charles R. Davis of Salon thinks that Loudermilk has transformed into Trump? Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) Speaks on Floor on Flawed J6 DoD IG Report

/laughing inside

[Texas Fossil]

Double Bag Barf Alert?

Salon via MSN?

How far left will that combination take a victim?

[oldbrowser]

It is right that people should be held accountable.
Overlooking bad behavior is setting a precedent for additional bad behavior.
Politics is rough and tumble.

[Sunsong]

This will probably backfire!

Most people simply aren’t hateful.

[eyeamok]

NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW, remember?? and
If they did Nothing Wrong, they have Nothing to worry about, right?

[RoosterRedux]

I'll bet she's constantly on the phone trying to get her contacts to beg Biden—"Tell him I'll do anything"—for a pardon.

[sauropod]

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[Texas Fossil]

No, it won’t backfire.

When the lesser traitors see her punished (more than the loss of her seat in Wyoming GOP Primary) they will go into CYA mode and step back in line or leave.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

TRUTH is not persecution. It is JUSTICE!

[odawg]

“This will probably backfire!

Most people simply aren’t hateful.”

In other words, in your world, the application of punishment and justice is “hateful.”

If someone walked up to you and sucker punched you in the nose, you would think that you would be hateful to press charges?