UPDATED: A couple of thoughts on Presidents and Crimes
Trump is being defended in the “legitimate” media in some nonsensical ways. Here are a couple I’ve heard. There are many more.
1) Trump’s crimes aren’t really crimes.. For conservatives the only real crimes are street crimes. Crimes are things black people mostly do in cities. If a white person does something that appears to be a crime, they probably just didn’t understand the law.
2) “The President” cannot commit crimes by virtue of the fact that he is President.
This only applies to Republican presidents of course because they are the real Presidents. Also this immunity from prosecution extend to crimes committed by Republican Presidents that happened prior to becoming President (as in the Stormy Daniels case) because otherwise it would be “political” or something.
UPDATE: Just saw this. Graham is, I guess, endorsing the veracity of this post (?)
I rhink you summarize it well.
Yes, well-put, Jason.
Here is a very nonsensical defense of Trump: “This might make Republicans angry, and they’ll try to arrest Biden for something.”
That nonsense is from the serious and sober-minded “Gray Lady”.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/31/2161324/-This-New-York-Times-analysis-of-Trump-s-indictment-is-just-gross
Go ahead and arrest him.
These shitheads are playing football and pretending it’s something higher-minded. I’m not rooting for the Democratic Party laundry, and neither do most true progressives.
It is basically a straight-faced, un-ironic argument that holding Trump accountable for crimes would violate “norms”
Let that sink in.
This weekend, The New York Times added another reason for NOT indicting Trump and it is an instant classic:
Elites are busy, and reckless driving isn’t a street crime – so it isn’t really a crime.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/04/the-view-from-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope-looks-fine