A Quieter, More Focused Donald Trump Will Defeat the Never Trumpers
Commentary
The battle lines were drawn within a couple of hours following the acquittal of former President Trump in his second impeachment case, between Trump and his followers and the recently returned ghost of the Never Trump movement.
The ex-president’s Republican enemies are pale and malnourished after four years skulking in the cave of Republican loyalism while counting the days until they could assault the Great Interloper. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell finally threw down the mask and he clearly thinks that he covered off the loyalty requirement by voting to acquit but established his credentials as a Never Trumper by the obiter dicta in his remarks in the Senate on Saturday.
By B.D. Hobbs
Jan 18, 2021
Sadly, it s become the new normal here in Houston. Soft on crime, low on bail. I know it, you know it, and most of all, criminals know it. With over 400 murders in the city in 2020, the outlook for this year doesn t look any better beginning on Wednesday. With Joe Biden set to take over, one of the items on the Democrat wish-list is sweeping criminal justice reform. The Biden-Sanders Unity pact calls for police reforms, aka defunding the police , decriminalizing marijuana, and eliminating money bail. There will also be a $20 -billion- dollar grant, which will incentivize and basically pay states to empty out their jails by letting criminals back out on to the streets. The president of the Houston Police Officers Union Doug Griffith told KTRH, it s not a good idea. Sadly, I think it s going to take more instances of our citizens being victimized before they realize this is not a viable option, letting people go. Here in Houston, and specifically in Har