Two stories about Trump possibly seeking the 2024 GOP nomination.
(I say: Unless he’s in jail first).
Trump desires the GOP nomination, then to win the 2024 election,
and then return to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. Or so he and his loyal sycophants
think so. Below are views from two prominent Republicans in Congress on that
subject, plus more below that:
1. Sen.
Mitt Romney comments on Trump winning that nomination in 2024.
2. Rep.
Liz Cheney’s speech on this subject at the Reagan Institute.
Background: The damage done by Donald Trump's presidency and
its culminating event – the Capitol riot on January 5, 2021 – has been and
remains extensive.
Other Serious Examples:
Trump suggested, in the wake of White supremacist violence
in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017, said at one point afterwards: “…that
there were very fine people” on both sides of the protests.
Trump when he was offered the chance to condemn the Proud
Boys, a prominent far-right hate group, during a debate in 2020, told them on
live TV: “stand back and stand by.”
Trump’s behavior on January 6 after numerous arrests were made in the wake
of that riot have shown that a number of far-right and White supremacist groups
were involved.
The New York Times wrote: “As federal prosecutors unveil
charges in the assault on the Capitol last month, they have repeatedly
highlighted two militant groups — the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — as
being the most organized, accusing them of planning their strategy ahead of time
and in some cases helping escalate a rally into an attack. The groups differ in
their focus and tactics: (1) The Oath Keepers are part of an anti-government
militia movement that emphasizes military-style training; and (2) The Proud
Boys espouse an ideology of male only Western superiority often expressing
white-supremacist and anti-immigrant views.”
Trump spent most of that day refusing to speak out against
the emerging violence, and when he finally did address the rioters, he sent
this this ironic message:
1. “Go
home, we love you, you're very special.”
2. “Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
So, that is his brand of condemnation – praising those
involved in the riots who were clearly hateful, aggressive, extremely
threatening (“Hang Mike Pence” shouts remember) and a threat to everyone in the
capitol that day doing their constitutional-mandated post-election duty – they
Trump needed them to stop and put a halt to that would overturn the election
and enable him to stay in office – yeah, those white supremacists – true patriots,
right? Just ask Trump I say BS for them, and double BS for Donald J. Trump.
It's no coincidence given Trump's seeming condoning of
intolerance – or at the very least, his willingness to have weaponized hate and
bigotry for his own political purposes – that in the first three years of his
presidency the number of White nationalist groups increased by 55% (Southern Poverty Law Center study).
Trump's presidency allowed these hate groups to come out
from under the rocks they had been driven to and more heavily armed and aggressive
than ever to serve at his beckon call.
Now the work of the Republican Party is to drive them right
back where they came from, or run the risk of being associated with the hate
and intolerance that these groups embrace without any doubt – none whatsoever.
My 2 cents: Simply stated, Trump must never be allowed back in any public office ever again.
I trust the voters will agree with a resounding “no vote” to Trump and his would-be rioters. We shall see, but sadly, we all know Trump.
But perhaps the justice system will finally
catch up with him long before 2024. Time will tell. Stay tuned for sure.
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