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by L'Emmerdeur » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:07 am
It's all a matter of perspective. If you find Trump simpatico, then whatever trouble he gets himself into is obviously somebody else's doing. That is the essential doctrine of Trumpism.
The horrible, completely 'unfair and biased' judge claims to be concerned for the safety of his staff, the prosecutors, and the witnesses.
Not without reason: they've been receiving a number of death threats. The judge is aware of incidents in which some devoted Trump follower has followed through by attacking or attempting to attack the subjects of Trump's ire. As judges do fairly regularly when dealing with troublesome defendants he has ordered that Trump can't make pointedly prejudicial comments about staff, prosecutors, and witnesses.
We all know that nasty comments are Trump's stock in trade. Restricting (even in such a very specific way) his ability to make such comments is undeniably hitting him where it hurts. Anything that hurts the Baron of Grift is necessarily a great injustice. His constitutionally protected free speech is being interfered with. While he's trying to get into the White House again!
All the Trumpist has to do is listen to Trump: The judge is obviously one of those Trump Derangement Syndrome people and Trumpists can connect the dots. It's only through the mainstream media that we even know about the death threats. The Trumpist knows that they're in on it and they regularly lie to hurt Trump. The uniparty/Deep State/communists are being outrageously unfair to Trump, and those who've been taken in by mainstream media refuse to see it.
On the other hand, for those who understand that even Trump is not above the law, it's obvious that he's doing what he reliably does, which is act as if the laws don't apply to him.
Within a few months of Biden putting Merrick Garland in as Attorney General plenty of those on the left began grousing about how long it was taking Garland to do something like appoint a special counsel to address Trump's attempt to stay in office after losing the election. Personally, I agree with that sentiment. I think Garland was much too slow to act--he should have got in a special counsel within a year of taking charge of the Department of Justice. I don't know why waited but he's known for being a cautious, deliberative type. Still, waiting as long as he did adds a bit of extra angst to the Trumpist narrative. Of course Trump would have made the same claims of political persecution regardless of timing and the Trumpist faithful would have sung from the same sheet. Garland's timing may help some fence-sitters (there must be a few) swing to Trump. It's not optimal, in my opinion.
Then again, I'm basing my opinion on my knowledge of Trump's behavior and a passing familiarity with the criminal justice system as well as reporting from various sources. All of that is irrelevant and/or suspect as far as the Trumpists are concerned.