Trump and MAGA’s rejection of the jury verdict is yet another reminder of how dangerous they are to our Republic

Blind loyalty to Trump over the USA

Donald Trump was NOT convicted by Joe Biden, he was NOT convicted by the Judge, he was NOT convicted by the District Attorney.  Donald Trump was convicted by a jury of his peers. A jury, I should note, that Trump was personally “very much involved” in picking per his lawyer Todd Blanche on CNN Thursday night.

And that conviction happened in the state where Trump committed his crimes after a full trial that lasted more than a month where Trump was represented by a team of very experienced lawyers who presented his best defense. That is how our Constitution and criminal justice system works.

There were no surprises here. As I predicted in my article before the trial began, “Trump is going to be a Convicted Felon by June." That was based on my experience as a trial lawyer and after reviewing the evidence the prosecutors had laid out in their pleadings. Common sense said that the only reason Trump paid Stormy Daniels “hush money” ten years after their affair —but just a week before the 2016 election—was to defraud voters of the truth. To that end, Trump falsified business records to conceal his illegal scheme. The jury saw the facts as they were, hence Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts and is now a CONVICTED FELON.

Yet now we see Trump and MAGA reject the jury verdict by attacking it as “rigged,” a “sham,” etc. MAGA House Speaker Mike Johnson called the verdict, “the weaponization of our justice system.”  Marco Rubio weighed in on Twitter, writing, “The verdict in New York is a complete travesty that makes a mockery of our system of justice.”  The always awful MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik, posted, “Today’s verdict shows how corrupt, rigged, and unAmerican the weaponized justice system has become under Joe Biden and Democrats.”  Spineless Tim Scott said on CNN Thursday night, “This was certainly a hoax, a sham” with the even worse Ted Cruz stating, “This entire trial has been a sham, and it is nothing more than political persecution.”

And the list goes on and on. But this is no surprise, it’s part of MAGA telling us they reject our Constitution and the foundations of our democratic Republic. After all, Trump and MAGA rejected the 2020 election results because Trump lost. They rejected the criminal justice system when they smeared the indictments against Trump as being a sham. And now they publicly reject our jury system, which is one of the cornerstones of the US Constitution as laid out in the Sixth Amendment.

The question that must be asked is given Trump and MAGA reject our elections, our criminal justice system, the rule of law and our Constitution, what exactly do they support?! The answer is simple: Convicted Felon Trump. That’s it.

This is yet another reminder that Trump and MAGA are an American version of a fascist movement. One of the signature traits of fascism is blind loyalty to an “infallible leader.” To that very point, Yale Professor Jason Stanley, author of the book “How Fascism Works,” explained in July 2020: “Fascism is based on power, loyalty, and fear of the other. The fascist leader is infallible.” He added, “And anyone who opposes him is immediately a traitor to the nation.”

Stanley also noted about Trump: “The connection he has forged with his supporters ever since he first ran, remember the comment, ‘I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in broad daylight and I wouldn't lose a single supporter?’, adding, “That's a fascist connection of total loyalty.”

And given Trump’s conviction, it may come down to him actually shooting someone on Fifth Avenue. I say that given Trump is even more dangerous after the conviction since he now grasps that the only way to avoid spending the final days in a prison cell is if he wins in 2024.  If Trump had been acquitted in the New York case, he would’ve believed he truly was the “Teflon Don.” Now he knows he’s not. Consequently, when his federal cases go forward, Trump understands that will be convicted of serious felonies that will mandate an extended prison term. In other words, like the other “Teflon Don,” John Gotti, he, too, will die in prison.  (Or at least that is now a plausible enough scenario for Trump to be freaking out.)

There is no bottom to what Trump will do to stay out of jail—including another Jan 6 attack if need be. We all know that.  The threat Trump and MAGA pose to our freedoms and our Republic are well documented. In fact, I  wrote earlier this week about the warnings that Anne Frank and her family are offering us after my visit last week to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

So what can we do? Simple, given the sacrifices of generations before during World War II who travelled to Europe to defeat fascism, we can defeat Trump at the ballot box.

Let me repeat what I’ve been writing and saying for months: Don’t count on the courts, the prosecutors or a jury to save us from Donald Trump. We are the only ones who can do that by coming out in huge numbers to defeat him this November.

This may sound jarring but it’s the truth: MAGA is a cancer. If allowed to metastasis, it will kill our democratic Republic that so many sacrificed so much to defend. The good news though is that the cure to MAGA cancer is right in front of us. All it takes is voting in big numbers this November.

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