"For my friends everything, for my enemies the law."

[berg80]

Post-impeachment, Trump declares himself the ‘chief law enforcement officer’ of America​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/post-impeachment-trump-declares-himself-the-chief-law-enforcement-officer-of-america/2020/02/18/b8ff49c0-5290-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html

Does his track record reflect the actions of someone worthy of the title?

Trump told CBP head he’d pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law​

President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant McAleenan a pardon if he were sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US in defiance of US law, senior administration officials tell CNN.

Trump reportedly made the comment during a visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago. It was not clear if the comment was a joke.

Two officials briefed on the exchange say the President told McAleenan, since named the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, that he “would pardon him if he ever went to jail for denying US entry to migrants,” as one of the officials paraphrased.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/trump-cbp-commissioner-pardon

Donald Trump Tells Crowd to 'Knock the Crap Out Of' Hecklers​

Donald Trump told supporters Monday to “knock the crap out of” would-be hecklers at a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
“If you see somebody with a tomato, knock the crap out of them,” Trump said, referencing another incident with a protestor.
Trump was in Iowa last week when a protestor threw a tomato—and missed. Protests are frequent at his rallies, with the disruptions protesting the rhetoric of some of the GOP front-runner’s talking points.

Trump said he would even pay for any legal fees that supporters incurred stopping a tomato-thrower. The theory was quickly put to the test when Trump spotted a protestor and had them removed.

Donald Trump Tells Crowd To "Knock the Crap Out Of" Hecklers

He said he'd pay the legal fees if anyone roughed them up.

time.com

Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone in Case He Long Denounced​

The president’s friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump.

Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone in Case He Long Denounced (Published 2020)

The president’s friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump.

www.nytimes.com

And then, the coup de grâce.

Trump Pardons or Commutes Terms of All Jan. 6 Rioters​

Trump Pardons or Commutes Terms of All Jan. 6 Rioters

The executive order pardons more than 1,200 people convicted in connection with Jan. 6, and commutes the sentences of 14 others.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Is that what the nation's chief law enforcement officer is supposed to do? Look the other way when laws are violated on his behalf. For sure, some past presidential pardons have been controversial and hard to defend on the merits. But I'm struggling to remember when any prez has so diligently intimated one need not worry about legal consequences if you break the law for my sake.

 

[Mac1958]

Is that what the nation's chief law enforcement officer is supposed to do? Look the other way when laws are violated on his behalf. For sure, some past presidential pardons have been controversial and hard to defend on the merits. But I'm struggling to remember when any prez has so diligently intimated one need not worry about legal consequences if you break the law for my sake.

The Founders continue to roll over in their graves.

They tried.

 

[berg80]

The Founders continue to roll over in their graves.

They tried.

Certain safeguards were put in place by the Founders to protect the republic. But they have proven insufficient to deal with an unanticipatedly malevolent force like Don.

 

[LoveKimWexler]

Two officials briefed on the exchange say

The supposed "sources" for your nonsense get weaker every time you post.

Are you a Republican trying to make our side look like assholes?

Trump does plenty of jerky things out in public. We don't need to pretend to believe made up outrages.

 

[berg80]

Are you a Republican trying to make our side look like assholes?

Making your side look like assholes is something you folks do all by yourselves.

 

[Mac1958]

Making your side look like assholes is something you folks do all by yourselves.

Hell, they CELEBRATE it. Like it's a middle school playground, especially for their hero. That's part of the problem.

 

[berg80]

Hell, they CELEBRATE it. Like it's a middle school playground, especially for their hero. That's part of the problem.

The thrill they get from "owning the libs" is often expressed when we libtards object to things like setting up a slush fund to reward people for breaking the law in ways Don thinks are just nifty.

 

[Dragonlady]

The supposed "sources" for your nonsense get weaker every time you post.

Are you a Republican trying to make our side look like assholes?

Trump does plenty of jerky things out in public. We don't need to pretend to believe made up outrages.

Your side has made themselves “look like assholes” since they opposed the ERA, mandated vacations, raising the minimum wage, and yniversal health care.

 

[berg80]

Your side has made themselves “look like assholes” since they opposed the ERA, mandated vacations, raising the minimum wage, and yniversal health care.

trump's (and right wing media's) ability to put a shine on shit, and have the minions happily swallow it, will be put to the test in this election cycle.