TWGB: A Certain Persuasion

 

Trump: You have to really play the hand that your dealt. And then you had a jury that's from a certain persuasion, would have been hard to do no matter what. pic.twitter.com/K8sxVuvErw

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 2, 2024

Consider what that sounds like--roll it around in your mind. It really sounds like he's moving past saying the trial was "rigged" because Soros funded Bragg or because Joe Biden ordered a lawfare hit on him, down to saying the jury was biased against him: from a "certain persuasion." 

Dog whistle?  Air raid siren?

TrumpWorld has being saying this disturbing thing out loud for a minute: Russia and China aren't the real danger, people who oppose Trump are. MTG has endorsed the execution of prominent Democrats, for example. But take a look at who else gets burned?

Republicans like former Governor and current US Senate candidate Larry Hogan, who made what once would have been viewed as a completely reasonable statement:

“Regardless of the result, I urge all Americans to respect the verdict and the legal process. At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders — regardless of party — must not pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship. We must reaffirm what has made this nation great: the rule of law.”

 Clearly, he missed the memo broadcast via Singing Telegram.  The rule of law, as Leona Helmsley once famously said of paying taxes, is for little people. And Trump is the GOP's "too big to fail" whale. Hogan was blasted by Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as not deserving any respect from anyone in the Republican party. 

Given her position in the RNC, I think "respect" translates to "money." Sorry Governor, but the RNC will not be kicking anything to your campaign. Although, I don't know what his chances actually look like, and also, too--I don't know what GOP candidates will be seeing any money this year since the party is prioritizing protecting Trump's asss...ets. 

His considerable political assets. Whatever else could I be talking about? 

But back to those jurors--supposedly of a "certain persuasion." The Goon King's followers are now trying to dox them--regular citizens who were just doing their civic duty, who weighed the evidence and followed the instructions of the court. They are threatening jurors just as they have threatened judges, which is the same as the threats they have made and still make regarding election workers and officials. Consider the defamation and harassment of Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman. Consider the way a voter was defamed by Trumpist con artist Dinesh D'Souza in the previous blogpost. 

TrumpWorld is of a "certain persuasion"--violent. The party was ripe for a Goon King and Trump filled their bill like fish swarming to an albatross. I'm sure the chorus of GOP talking heads who still lather Trump ass...ets. His considerable political assets! With their tongues, would deny that they are making a tragedy more likely, while performing yeoman's work of undermining our justice system. 

They can deny it--but it's the truth. And no persuasion of theirs, or Trump's, should get them off the hook for it.