Defenestrate the GOP

James George

Political Science

1 June 2024

Defenestrate the GOP

They say, ‘Love it or leave it.’

An Associated Press story headlined this morning: “Republicans join Trump’s attacks on the justice system and campaign of vengeance after the guilty verdict.”

Instead, what I advocate is taking the Republican Party to court or at least to public task and holding all accountable for despicable acts against the rule of law and the Constitution. They swore oaths of allegiance to the nation; we got subservience to a convicted criminal. He was a criminal before entering office, during, and after. Trump continues to undermine our democracy, and that cannot be tolerated. As he is being prosecuted, so must his co-conspirators. All must pay the price for being traitors to the nation. 

“BY  LISA MASCARO AND MARY CLARE JALONICK

Updated 8:04 AM EDT, June 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution in the GOP bid to reclaim the White House.

Almost no Republican official has stood up to suggest Trump should not be the party’s presidential candidate for the November election — in fact, some have sought to hasten his nomination. Few others dared to defend the legitimacy of the New York state court that heard the hush money case against the former president or the 12 jurors who unanimously rendered their verdict.

In fact, any Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump’s innocence or political viability, including his former hawkish national security adviser John Bolton or top-tier Senate candidate Larry Hogan of Maryland, were instantly bullied by the former president’s enforcers and told to ‘leave the party.’”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-guilty-republicans-vengeance-a05db7fa2512a62afe035992f2baaf16