The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Trumpster Diving
”To stay out of prison.” The motivation for Trump running again, according to presidential candidate and former Texas GOP Congressman Will Hurd.
Rudy Giuliani has acknowledged that he made false claims about Georgia election workers committing fraud during the 2020 election. But he’s also arguing that such statements were protected by the First Amendment. Have to wonder what the Founders would say about an Amendment that protects seditious lying.
“Trump has spent over $60 million on two things: falsely attacking DeSantis and paying his own legal fees, not a cent on defeating Biden.”—Andrew Romeo, DeSantis campaign communications director.
Trump has warned that if Jack Smith jailed him, it would be “very dangerous.” His followers, declared Trump, have “much more passion than they had in 2020.” And that’s scary; we know how Trump can incite his deplorables, and that what’s past is prologue.
“If the law is supreme, if no man is above the law, then we have a constitutional republic. And if any man can be above the law, then we don’t.”—Historian Jon Meacham.
Former VP and Trump acolyte Mike Pence acknowledges that he was asked to do more than “pause” the vote count. More like “overturn the election.”
It’s more than possible that with all the indictments at play, Trump will become a convicted felon. Ironically, in most states he wouldn’t even be allowed to vote.
Best Trump outcome: Convicted, sentenced and traded for Alexei Navalny and the WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich.