Late Monday afternoon, I was checking twitter to see if anything was moving with the Georgia grand jury. This tweet popped up. The grand jury was on the move.
This was great. Hillary Clinton was on MSNBC with Rachael Maddow when the news came in that there were 10 indictments and 0 no-true bills, meaning DA Willis had votes from the grand jury on all counts. There are other co-conspirators, but this is the one we want in jail. It really struck us how much better off the entire planet would be if Ms Clinton had won the electoral college, not just the popular vote, and the orange one had never been in office.
From the RealThelmaJohnson, (@TheRealThelmaJ1), we read her tweet on the subject.
You know you all these indictments in Georgia have gotten me thinking about the scale of the criminality involved in trying to steal the election for Donald Trump.
We had lawyers writing papers on how to keep Trump in office, slates of fake electors in several states, people breaking into voting machines, congressman refusing to certify, thousands of phone calls, emails, texts and DMs pressuring officials to declare Trump the winner. Audits, investigations, fake lawsuits. Election officials threatened, voting machine companies vilified. Lies on the news every day and criminal actions at every level of government. It was a tidal wave of dishonesty and law breaking, a criminal enterprise with Donald Trump at the head.
Then there was January 6th. People crawling up the walls, smashing windows, bashing in doors and beating policeman. Five deaths. All in the people's house. We're left picking up the pieces surrounded by politicians still pounding the drum of a stolen election.
It's just staggering to me the scale of what happened, and it's amazing a system designed hundreds of years ago held. Now there is accountability. There should be many more states pursuing indictments including my own, Arizona. No matter how long it takes. We need to hold everyone who played a part accountable.
Who knows if DA Willis will be able to make her ambitious case. I certainly hope she does, and puts all of them in jail.
Go away, Rajani!!! get lost.
ReplyDeleteI saw MSNBC with Hillary and she was extremely smart and gracious. She just gets better and better!
As we have known all along- also- that if there was a god she would be a black woman. Hand over the country NOW to smart black women- we may get a justice served. No NONSENSE!
Of course I'm thrilled about Trump's indictments, but I'm also glad to see his cheering squad facing the music -- Rudy and Sydney and Jenna and all the rest of his insane legal team. Trump's slimy lies are bad enough but his enablers are almost worse.
ReplyDeleteOh, and that picture of Hillary Clinton is delicious!
DeleteI agree with every sentiment in your post, and in the comments. I stayed awake until after midnight Monday to hear Fani, one of many tough, smart, dedicated officials who have to deal with this criminal. I'm a bit too caught up in the whole thing (since, oh, 2015....geeze I hate how much of my life has been spent thinking about that awful person). I try to have hope that some justice will prevail but I never allow myself to expect it. Lately I fantasize about him having to sit at a defense table, silent, no cell phone, no tv, no diet coke, for hours, days, weeks, months. And he's paying a price now, today, at this moment--I guess. Since he's so abnormal maybe he's actually enjoying it all. Bah! Away with him!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is the scope of it that is so boggling. He (they) were writing up all the jobs of the players of the new reality. No wonder Hilary is a Cheshire cat!
ReplyDeletelike Nixon/Watergate on steroids. shocking how many people conspired to bring down our democracy. all for Trump of all people, a selfish self centered lying cheating loser who will throw each and every one of them under the bus if it will benefit him.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. I knew he and his cronies were bad, but the details and the depth of their depravity continue to astonish me. If "the people" can't get a conviction now, there is something truly wrong with our democracy.
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