Maddow is right. Public figures are indicted and arrested and sentenced and jailed all the time in this country, which sounds a bit sad and not something to be proud of, but at least should have us growing a thick skin by now.
But not for Trump. Trump wants to be the exception because he’s Donald Trump, the victim, apparently innocent as the driven snow. He’s the one falsely accused, even though he’s lived a good portion of his life one step ahead of the jailer, above and just out of reach of the law.
Nothing Trump does should surprise us, and his pre-emptive announcement of his own arrest and the attendant appeal to his minions to protest this travesty would seem to only confirm not only his stupidity, but also the impunity which marks his existence.
And does he really have a groundswell of support anymore? Who’s gonna show up in NYC and Atlanta and West Palm Beach and, hopefully, D.C.? If yesterday is any indication, the media will outnumber the faithful. The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers may be plotting as we speak, but one might get the feeling that when it comes to Trump and loyalty, the numbers are dwindling, and he’s being revealed as the exposed, cornered rat he truly is.
Or maybe all of THIS, too, shall pass. If it does, then our days as a law-abiding nation are numbered.
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