a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
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A former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with
Days later, we are hearing i the evening he s been indicted how do you think, as someone who has been as close to him a his kids at some point. how do you really think he felt he is furious right now. as you know, rev, because you kno donald a very long time. which is what makes you excellent as a talking head, versus these individuals who want to sa things that they really don know him. he is furious righ now. because donald is not somebody who likes to take accountability. alvin brag alvin bragg dropped like a 2000-pound and full of accountability just onto his lap. it is the first time in his life that he is going to b held accountable for his own dirty deeds. the case isn t just legal it has become personal. last week i confronted trump lawyer on this program about the threats district attorne alvin bragg, including the former presidents re-post of a picture that appears to show
Senator tina smith, democrat o minnesota. senator, thank yo for coming on politicsnation. want to go right to it. i want to start by asking you about the politics of this trump indictment. trump, and many of his defenders in the republica party have called the stormy daniels case a witch hunt. but a consistent refrain from trum has been to call for his political enemies to be locked up. most famously, hillary clinton. but also presiden biden, hunter biden, barac obama, congressman adam schiff congresswoman omar from your state, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, and former fbi director robert mueller, just to name a few that he has called to be locked up. how do you explain this doubl standard well, hello reveren sharpton. it is so nice to b with you. call me old fashioned, but i don t think it is ever