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Rachel Maddow Urges People to Prepare for ‘the Freakout’ When Trump ‘Inevitably’ Is ‘Ordered Into Jail’ | Video
The Wrap ^ | May 6, 2024 | Ross A. Lincoln

Posted on 05/07/2024 11:11:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

“Heads up, this is no time to check out,” the MSNBC prime time host says

Discussing the latest events from Donald Trump’s ongoing New York criminal trial, Rachel Maddow used it to look ahead to this year’s election, offering viewers some optimism about things, despite warnings that “this is no time to check out.”

Maddow argued that Trump has signaled he is part of the worldwide anti-democracy, pro-authoritarian movement, but that “should put some steel in our spine,” because it’s giving people a clear picture of where things are headed in the United States. Maddow also said, based on events in court, that Trump will “inevitably” end up in jail, and that people need to prepare for a “freakout” when that happens.

What prompted this line of questioning is that on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan one again held Trump in contempt of court, this time for defaming jurors in an April 25 interview on the right wing cable channel Real America’s Voice. This “raised the specter of fear for the safety of the jurors and of their loved ones,” Merchan said in part.

Explaining that Trump’s actions are “a direct attack on the rule of law,” Merchan fined him $1,000 (the pathetic maximum amount allowed under the state’s law). But the judge also suggested if Trump continues to violate court orders he may order the disgraced ex-president to be jailed. “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail, but at the end of the day, I have a job to do,” Merchan said.

It’s unclear if Merchan will actually make good on this threat. Observers have often pointed out how Trump keeps getting away with behavior anyone else would have been jailed for long ago. But Maddow told viewers she believes it’s very likely that will happen soon.

“There is a reason why the damage to the rule of law in our country the damage to democracy in our country, which we have already started living with. There’s a reason why it is coinciding with a rise in authoritarianism around the world. And it’s because we as a country are not immune to the same, you know, pro-authoritarian, anti-democratic winds that blow through Europe and all over the rest of the world right now,” Maddow said.

“Our democracy is mortal to just like every other democracy in history has ever been,” Maddow said. But, she added, “Being real about the harm that has been done to us already. Being clear eyed about the fact that we can see some of the same dynamics at work in other countries. Tuning into the fact that the right, under Donald Trump, is admiring of and openly emulating the way other countries have destroyed their democracies. Recognizing they are willingly part of this project. That to me is energizing. I feel like that at least should put some steel in our spine.”

“Because it should tell us the part that we have to play. Right?” Maddow continued. “It should at least give us real grounded practical expectations of where this is all going to go next and where our efforts are most needed to stand up for who we are. It should give us a clearer sense of what we’re going to need to defend and protect very soon, when the leader of our country’s branch of this movement sometime very soon, almost inevitably, is going to break that court order again and is, now we know today, going to be ordered into a jail cell.”

“He inevitably, very soon, is going to be ordered into jail,” Maddow declared. “Because we are on the precipice of that happening. And all the freakout that’s going to attend it is something that we should expect. We need to be ready we are on the precipice of that next step and what has already been a very difficult time for us as a country. So heads up, this is no time to check out.”


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To: Red Badger

Dumbass Lesbian.


41 posted on 05/07/2024 3:01:44 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Weird how the invading hordes of illegal foreign deadbeats didn't start until FJB took the throne.)
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To: Tell It Right

I was only referring to him being put in detention for violating the gag order.

But the other side of it is still true also, he would end up in home detention somewhere if convicted on anything.

Make no mistake, months ago I could see he was running as a Martyr, our version of Joan of Arc or something similar. Right now the more they do to him the higher his ratings go.

I suspect a showdown with Judge Merchan is coming very soon and we will see if he blinks.


42 posted on 05/07/2024 3:13:37 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Red Badger

“Keep your ‘lectric eye on me, babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah!”


43 posted on 05/07/2024 3:57:51 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Borders, language and culture. Michael Savage)
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To: Red Badger

Maddow argued that Trump has signaled he is part of the worldwide anti-democracy, pro-authoritarian movement

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This is at the highest level of gaslighting. What a completely evil person she is knowingly spreading propaganda in exchange for fame and a high salary.


44 posted on 05/07/2024 4:22:23 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe she’s in such an uproar, she forgot to shave her unibrow this week?


45 posted on 05/07/2024 4:34:30 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Red Badger

Maddie got some brass balls claiming Trump is antidemocratic all the while it’s the Biden administration and the Democrats that’s threatening to put their opponents in jail and passing “hate speech” laws to silence anyone they disagree with
(Yeah, that last one is an Uniparty thing)


46 posted on 05/07/2024 6:22:30 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Mouton
One of the best videos is that of her face the night Trump declared winner.

I hope for a huge serving of schadenfreude on election night when I switch on MSNBC and watch the pain of Madcow and Mourning Joe. I'll catch a little CNN and some Young Turks to enjoy their pain. I'd watch some PBS but even if Trump gets 400+ EVs and wins the popular vote by 10 points, it will be Thursday or so before they will even admit that Brandon could be in trouble.

47 posted on 05/07/2024 6:45:28 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: Red Badger

Will no one rid us of this DISEASE RIDDEN LESBIAN WITH BRAIN MAGGOTS?


48 posted on 05/07/2024 9:58:49 PM PDT by 5th MEB (1)
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To: 5th MEB

Don’t hold back. Just tell us what you really think of her.


49 posted on 05/07/2024 10:01:40 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: Red Badger

Raymond Madcow is beyond delusional.


50 posted on 05/08/2024 7:32:17 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

God forbid this should happen

but if so we are no diff than 3rd world politics and the final curtain of our republic torn away.

it physically pains me to see people rejoice in Pres Trumps trials, etc...their delight in someone being persecuted, their own verbal melasciviousness (sp?) on display


51 posted on 05/08/2024 9:44:21 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (WHEN 💎GOING Gfld irstETS TOUGH KEEP GOING💎 IfIT DOESNT KiI re dne oL yOU I wil MAKE YOU STRONGER💎)
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To: Red Badger

Madcow should be informed that a lot of 3rd world govts have “ democracy” but only when it works for those in power


52 posted on 05/08/2024 9:46:24 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (WHEN 💎GOING Gfld irstETS TOUGH KEEP GOING💎 IfIT DOESNT KiI re dne oL yOU I wil MAKE YOU STRONGER💎)
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