Schumer is trying to appease the radical left wing to save himself

[TroglocratsRdumb]

MSN

Opinion by Kipp Jones
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has spent years declaring “no one is above the law” just about every time Donald Trump or another Republican lands in legal trouble or behaves questionably.

But on Friday, when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested during a protest at an ICE facility, Schumer abandoned his script.

The New York Democrat posted on X, “Mayor Ras Baraka has been released, but he should never have been arrested by Trump to begin with.”

ICE and Homeland Security officers arrested Baraka for allegedly trespassing after repeated warnings to leave the facility. Baraka disputed the details of his arrest as explained by Acting US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba.

Habba said Baraka ignored warnings to leave the facility. The mayor told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Habba was wrong.

Schumer chimed in to portray the then-released mayor as some sort of a political prisoner.

Schumer’s gripe was not about Baraka, or ICE, or Habba. It was about Trump. It was about selling the crisis story that every bad thing that happens is the fault of far-right authoritarianism.

But by tying the arrest directly to the Republican in the White House, Schumer didn’t just go after his favorite political target. He undercut the credibility of the men and women on the ground Friday.

Schumer declared Baraka’s arrest unjustified, despite not being present and a well-documented history of declaring, “No one is above the law.”

Comment:
Schumer is trying to save himself from being voted out by attempting to appease the radical left wing of the Democrat coalition.
He has been hyperbolically branding the Republicans as things such as "far-right authoritarians" and "hard right" and "far right extremist." for decades.
But the truth is the Republicans are center right and the Democrats a coalition of far left fringe groups.
It is the Democrats who are far from the center.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

And why should the mayor have been arrested? What evidence do you have that the mayor was trespassing? Because some Trump imbecile toady said so??

In fact, I read that ICE and the private security company that they hired don't even have legal authority to operate that facility because it hasn't undergone a safety inspection in several years.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Everyone has the presumption of innocence. If you don't want that presumption you can move to Canada and experience the old Soviet model.

It certainly hasn't helped our economy...

 

[Blaster]

Chuck is toast.

 

[okfine]

This OP won't go very far. Maybe it should be merged with the others.

 

[Calypso Jones]

And why should the mayor have been arrested? What evidence do you have that the mayor was trespassing? Because some Trump imbecile toady said so??

In fact, I read that ICE and the private security company that they hired don't even have legal authority to operate that facility because it hasn't undergone a safety inspection in several years.

WATCH the video.

 

[Calypso Jones]

My prediction.....Schumer will lose...if this election for his seat was held today...he would lose...but..there's still a little time left so we'll see where it goes. Not looking good for him.