THANK YOU, Mr. Bragg
In my last essay, I focused on the nefarious activities of the New York District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, in his indictment of former President Trump. (See: Bad, Bad, Alvin Bragg, Baddest Cat under the City Flag, 4/6/23, in EmperorsNuClothes.com). In this essay, however, I’d like to look at fallout from the indictment:
1: The fact that the Democrats would go to such extreme lengths to try to derail Trump 2024 means only one thing: they are TERRIFIED of him. They are worried sick, not only because he might win again, but they are also afraid that, if he won, he would likely further upset the “deep state” apple cart, and, perhaps, even go after THEM. As Hilary Clinton once said to her staff: “If Trump gets in, we’ll all hang!” Sadly, that didn’t happen 2017->2021, but, this time around, Trump will presumably make more effective choices for Attorney General (Jeff Sessions and William Barr were terrible mistakes).
A year of so ago, a friend of mine suggested that he was afraid of what a Trump candidacy might do to Republican chances in 2024 (thanks DB). My slightly tongue-in-cheek reply at that time was: “You know who’s even more afraid of a Trump campaign in 2024 than you are?… THE DEMOCRATS!” With their legal onslaught currently underway, they now appear to be bearing this prediction out.
2: A delicious irony in the latest developments is that, prior to the indictment, Trump held small leads (8% in one poll) over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (who, although he hasn’t formally declared his candidacy as yet, would be an excellent candidate in his own right, if he did decide to run as expected) in hypothetical Republican primary polls. His lead over DeSantis is now TWENTY SIX points and climbing (Yahoo News/YouGov poll, April 1, 2023). And, under a threat from the presiding New York Supreme Court Judge, Juan Marchand, of a gag order (if Trump made incendiary comments in mainstream or social media), Trump has been more circumspect and judicious in his utterances (which, in my opinion, have always been his hamartia). Such restraint might, whether he likes it or not, mold Mr. Trump into a better candidate. Prior to the indictment I had serious doubts about whether he could win in 2024, but I may now be changing my mind.
3: The Bragg indictment also suggests that Democrat strategists no longer have any compunction what-so-ever about partisan appearances. The hyper partisan nature of Bragg’s proceedings is apparent to all but the most rabid Democrats. It is well known that Bragg campaigned for his current position with unabashed claims that he would “GET TRUMP.” You would THINK that the Democrat strategists would be concerned that having a person like Bragg handle this indictment would have, at the very least, the APPEARANCE OF PARTISAN IMPROPRIETY. Or, don’t the strategists even CARE about that anymore? Apparently, they rely on the NYT, the WaPo and the telemedia to cover for them and fend off any rightful indignation that the American public might muster. But maybe Americans will begin to see through the smokescreen this time around.
4: One of the main reasons the Bragg indictment appears to have radically increased support for Mr. Trump is that it has laid bare the unfair and unjust way that Mr. Trump has been targeted by the Democrat, leftist, “progressive” cabal and their media lap dogs, since the moment he came down the escalator at Trump tower and announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015. Recall:
After his 2016 campaign announcement:
A: Illegal wire tapping began.
B: The false “Steel Dossier” was conceived, and PAID for by the Democratic Committee.
C: The Russia collusion hoax was constructed.
D: The false FAISA warrants were issued.
E: Members of the FBI and other government agencies hatched plots to sabotage his candidacy.
All of this failed, of course.
After he won the Presidency:
A: Outrageous leaks of classified materials and communications occurred.
B: False investigations and prosecutions of Trump cabinet members and allies were begun in an effort to coerce those allies to turn on him (Papadopolus, Flynn and Cohen come to mind, with all of them failing except for Cohen).
C: A partisan impeachment proceeding was initiated over a CONVERSATION Trump had with the president of the Ukraine. This failed.
D: The Muller investigation was initiated to falsely accuse Mr. Trump of “Russian collusion.” This failed.
After the Presidency:
A: Trump was impeached AGAIN (this time after he was OUT of office!), allegedly for “inciting an insurrection,” although NOT A SINGLE LINE in the transcript of Trump’s speech on January 6th, 2021, could be found inciting violence of any kind (calling for protests is NOT incitement to violence: Recall the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, for example). This failed.
B: A plethora of “investigations” were formed looking for grounds, any grounds, with which to bring criminal charges. This strategy is Bragg’s indictment was supposed to spear head. Time will tell if this strategy fails as well.
All of this brazen subterfuge SHOULD have impugned the Democrat perpetrators (sometimes referred to as “the swamp,” or even the “deep state”) in the eyes of the American public, inspiring them, at the ballot box, to “throw the bums out.” But the American populace was again and again slow on the uptake and all of this misconduct was allowed to continue unabated. That might all change with this indictment, however, as Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the malfeasance involved in these endless, naked and self serving attacks on Mr. Trump. Americans are increasingly seeing all of this for what it is: political persecution that befits, perhaps, a “banana republic” (thanks LRM), not the world’s foremost democracy.
So, THANK YOU, Mr. Bragg. You may have inadvertently awoken the sleeping dog that is the American public. You and your Democrat conspirators might just find that a newly indignant American public can be, to quote “LeRoy Brown” songwriter Jim Croce again: “Meaner than a junk yard dog.”