Jennifer Rubin (a conservative) on Trump’s attack on the US justice system:
When Trump pops off about the defects of our justice system with no understanding of what he is saying, he underscores his unfitness and undermines one of the great jewels of American democracy, the court system. For Trump to slander the courts as a “joke” gives aid and comfort to our enemies (both terrorists and thug-ocracies such as Russia). It is a regrettable but natural continuation of his indefensible slurs about “so-called judges.” Unfortunately, Republicans have been too cowardly to take him on, even rhetorically on this point. Nevertheless, one cannot ignore his unwillingness to defend the Constitution, of which courts are a part, in blatant disregard of his oath. His meek retreat this morning underscores just how ignorant he is — and how willing to make irresponsible assertions.
Today he’s been screaming for the death penalty – yet another thing a normal, reasonable, ethical, halfway decent president should not do.
NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
…There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
All caps scream for death penalty twice in three tweets. He’s like a rabid dog – a dog who was never a nice dog in the first place and is now a brain-inflamed monster.
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5 responses to “In blatant disregard of his oath”
100k hearts for death penalty. My fellow Americans want blood. On a more functional note studying the culprit can have major benefit to preventing future attacks.
Do you suppose he would have been baying for the death penalty if the maniac who shot the concert-goers in Las Vegas hadn’t also shot himself?
Let’s see, was he…
White? √
Wealthy? √
Not a Muslim? √
Hmmmm…
(It’s also astonishingly hypocritical for someone who claimed to be able to gun down someone in cold blood in daylight on a busy street without losing support; or would be, if it weren’t the Hypocrite-in-Chief)
Well, tiggerthewing, if he had gunned someone down in cold blood in broad daylight, he would have blamed it on Hillary, and his supporters would be screaming to “hang her”. So he would have still been for the death penalty, because someone has to die for the crime, even if that someone didn’t do it (Can anyone say “Central Park”?).
Damn, I remember his appalling, racist, behaviour regarding those poor lads.
Seriously, the rest of the world is still in a state of shock that the USA could put someone so manifestly unsuitable in such a position of power, against the wishes of the electorate and all measures of sane policy.