Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Okay, quick quiz, “Who does the above title apply to?”
a. George Santos
b. Donald Trump
c. Ron DeSantis
d. Clarence Thomas
e. Nikkie Haley
f. Lindsey Graham
g. Peter Navarro
h. Eric Trump
I. Rudy Giuliani
j. Marjorie Taylor Greene
k. Lauren Boebert
l. Jim Jordan
m. Kevin McCarthy
n. Matt Gaetz
o. All of the above?
Lindsey Graham said recently that the Republican Party has a “deep bench” and indeed they do, but a deep bench of what? The above list is only partial of the Republican Party’s list of election deniers, Holocaust deniers, vaccine deniers, women killer advocates (excuse me, “anti-abortionists”), Jan 6th deniers, and pro: nazi hang outers, jew haters, women haters, and gun violence advocates.
Now, we could argue if each person on the list is all three of the characteristics listed in the title and whether my descriptions are too raw for some people’s taste, but there is little denying that in this “deep bench”, each person on the list has some of the characteristics and qualities I have listed.
But the person I was thinking of when I wrote the above title was – The Donald. Remember when he was called that. It’s about the time he assaulted Ms Carroll. Some will argue he wasn’t found guilty of rape, and I would say to those folks, “Look at the jury’s charge sheet.” He was found to have maliciously defamed her, to have sexually assaulted her. Rape, twenty years later, would be hard to prove, but the behavior described was not, hence the sexual assault charge sticking. In fact, does anyone believe he did not act in the way Carroll and two other women described? Or the dozen or so other women who have recounted similar encounters?
I include for your edification the jury’s charging sheet. It’s a doozy. Some will say the jury was a bunch of men hating Democrats, etc. But the fact is it was a jury of mostly men. The make up was across all political lines. In fact, one of the jurors listens to some right wing radio podcast. The lawyer defending Trump asked the jurors to put aside their political beliefs and listen to the facts. Unfortunately, for him, they did.
The other astonishing thing was it only took the jury two and a half hours to reach a unanimous verdict. Most courtroom pros expected days of deliberation. It seems that none of the jurors believed Trump. Imagine that!
Here’s the facts, described in the charging sheet.
This has been quite a week! Trump finally held accountable, Santos charged with felonies, and I’m hearing that MTG may be in legit serious trouble over something to do with Kanye.
All I can say is that I remain scared. Just look at the list of crooks and nothing is being done about it. Says to me that the Democrats are too weak to stop this rolling train of authoritarian politics. Even one of my dumbest sisters has bought into this garbage.