Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is proposing two amendments to an appropriations bill that would defund the various prosecutions of former President Trump.
He is adding to the defense of the former president mounted by Trump allies in the House as they circle the wagons in the face of four indictments.
Clyde, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday announced plans for two amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal 2024 appropriations bill that would “prohibit the use of federal funding for the prosecution of any major presidential candidate prior to the upcoming presidential election on November 5th, 2024,” according to a press release.
I really don’t understand Republican politicians at all.
They HATE Trump. They are almost all in record taking about about how stupid and unfit he is.
Trump LOST the last election. He hurt them badly in the last two midterms. He is dragging the party down.
I understand they are too afraid of his cult to go after him, but they could have just gotten out of the way and let him fail.
There second impeachment could have been the end of him.
These criminal charges could be the end of him.
All they had to do was say: “these are extremely serious charges, and we’re reserving judgement until the judicial system delivers a verdict.”
But instead they are pledging to pardon him, pledging to support him even if convicted, and trying to stop the trials.
INSANITY.
The answer is pretty simple. They do not want to set the precedent that any Republican government official, even the President, can be held liable for their crimes. Most were prepared to let him get impeached (but not actually find him guilty), lose his office, and hope he would fall into obscurity. A slap on the wrist and then a return to status quo is perfectly acceptable to them. But to have the audacity to actually bring charges for even blatant crimes? It’s just not acceptable at all. What if this accountability thing carries over to the rest of government? What if they’re actually held to the law? What if they face consequences for violating the law? What if corruption in government starts to actually be investigated and punished? No no, we can’t have that. There won’t be any Republicans left.
It’s not insane at all.
They know that without the cult they lack the numbers to win any election. They, and their positions, are so frail that they bend knee to the absolute worst humanity has to offer for a chance to feel like they aren’t as neutered as they really are. They can’t even just let the Trump boot-lickers fade away, those willful idiots will just not vote - they have to win the scared racist vote, they need the wheezing Nazis, they can’t survive without the religious who have turned away from their god for Trump.
It’s fear, weakness and desperation. It is more sad than insane. Sad and dangerous.
Republicans are driven, first and foremost, by a “fuck you, got mine” ethos. If, with whatever limited mental capacity they wield, they calculate something that tickles their “fuck you, got mine” neuroreceptors, they act.
I mean Obama pardoned someone that literally committed treason to earn points with the LGBTQ community. Politics and politicians, on both sides of the isle, are out for themselves .
Whatabout what your mom does, down by the docks at night?