House Republicans Scramble To Get In Line After Trump Ominously Calls For Protest

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his fellow Republicans made a show of outrage over the possible upcoming indictment of former President Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1451598
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Every single Republican named in this squib is either guilty of insurrection, or being blackmailed via RNC email kompromat,

or both.

#ETTD

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I was waiting for this….

“It is the District Attorney of Manhattan who is breaking the law by using the fake and fully discredited testimony (even by the [Southern District of New York]!) of a convicted liar, felon and jailbird, Michael Cohen, to incredibly persecute, prosecute, and indict a former president, and now leading (by far!) presidential candidate, for a crime that doesn’t exist,” Trump wrote. “Alvin Bragg should be held accountable for the crime of ‘interference in a presidential election.’” On Saturday, Bragg emailed his staff to say that he would not tolerate “attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York.”

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It’s comforting to see they have nothing real to go on and so must settle for made up jive.

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I’m sure Trump will recall how “protestors” should be treated.

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Methinks Toadglans-supporting protesters in Manhattan will be greeted with the same enthusiasm as Proud Boys at a drag show. It’s hard to find any place in the US where Dr. Cadet Cockholster mit der Bone Spurs von Queens is more despised than Manhattan.

Fun Fact: Biden won Manhattan by 84.5%-14.5%.

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Jury tampering ===> Gag order.

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“THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK,” Trump said on Truth Social Saturday morning.

If only.

My favorite “far and away” for that guy is Enewetak Atoll, but I understand why the historical resonance of St. Helena might be appealing, too.

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Kevin McCarthy has a definite learning disorder…

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My understanding is law enforcement is prepared for these Trump protests in Manhattan.
If so it is doubtful any of Trump folks will show up armed.
Trump folks, like Trump, do not show up armed when others may shoot back.

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McCarthy’s learning curve is a flat line.

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They all want to be first in line to go down with the Trumptanic.

The obsequiousness of these people is matched only by the venality and shamelessness of their “hero.”

It’s almost like they’re already IN prison, and Trump is the king of the exercise yard, and all of them want to suck his tiny appendage so they can be his queen.

And that prison is called “The 2023 Republican Party”

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Qevin McCardboard, the Squeaker of the House, is a liar and a coward. Investigating more “weaponization of the government”? Please make it stop. This man’s IQ must hover somewhere around room temperature.

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If they all think that Cohen was properly charged by the Trump administration with campaign finance contributions while acting as agent for Trump, why wouldn’t Trump be guilty, as principal, for those same violations?

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On TFG?
Oh, that’d be nice.

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So, what are the chances that Bragg has himself arrested? I bet he has a laptop and uses email!

Donald Trump Demands Alvin Bragg Be Arrested Instead

Donald Trump has said that New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg should be arrested instead of him. The former president accused the lawyer of breaking the law and persecuting a 2024 presidential candidate for a crime Trump says doesn’t exist. Bragg is reportedly on the verge of pressing criminal charges against Trump in relation to an alleged 2016 campaign finance violation involving “hush money” payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

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When our kids were small, attending a grammar school in the Mojave desert, one of the kids from a very crazy hyper-Christian family told them that he was from the “other” California. This was quite a revelation as we had never heard of this and wanted to learn more. It turns out this is the same place Jim Jordan and Kevin McCarthy call “real” America. Apparently anybody who eats enough leaded paint chips or huffs enough malathion can go there.

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It’s almost a complete opposite of the view from Walden Pond. Ie. These guys are mentally already in a prision of their own creation and fighting their so called oppression. It’s a hell of a stressful (and fruitless) way of spending your time on the earth.

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“THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK,” Trump said on Truth Social Saturday morning.

So far away
Doesn’t anybody get arrested in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face in a mug shot
Doesn’t help to know you’re not doing time away

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