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Originally Posted by Adder
You run in some interesting (Minnesota definition) circles.
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Address Eli Honig's article. Because that sentiment, and what he articulates, is the prevailing view of moderates. Ds and Rs.
The only people who are comfortable with the Bragg prosecution are Trump haters. Theirs is an emotional reflex - they have to defend it, no matter how skeevy the thing is, and looks.
I'm not interested in defenders of one side or another. Objectively, the Bragg prosecution was the sort of thing one sees in banana republics. A prosecutor running on the platform of not prosecuting numerous crimes as part of a justice reform platform nevertheless spends millions resuscitating a seven year old case his predecessor would not bring against a political target. During an election year. And sees nothing wrong with spending money so lavishly despite the fact that his city is struggling with budget shortfalls which are causing it difficulties in addressing prosecutions for property theft and violent crime.
This is okay?
Trump sought to have Bill Barr go after his enemies while in office. Did Barr do it? No.
It's never okay, and that people view Trump as an existential threat does not make it okay. The ends do not justify the means except to people like Donald Trump. But Trump is not the baseline for behavior. He is an example of how people should never behave. To become Trump to get Trump is a debasement. Bragg debased himself. And your defense of him debases you and everyone else who makes it.
And I say all of this as one who has concluded that the Jack Smith cases, entirely unlike Bragg's, are 100% defensible and properly brought. In fact, in the FL one, I do not see how Trump is not guilty.
