(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Mitt Romney falls in line, as usual [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-02 When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time… “Bragg should have settled the case against Trump, as would have been the normal procedure. But he made a political decision,” Romney said, according to Coppins. “Bragg may have won the battle, for now, but he also may have lost the political war. Democrats think they can put out the Trump fire with oxygen. It’s political malpractice I don’t know what it will take to make this clear. If you are still a member of the Republican Party (outside of inside the tent trolls like Michael Steele) you are a believer in MAGA. You may not like the leader, but you love the product and prove it with the actions and lack thereof. That goes for Romney, John Roberts, Larry Hogan, and the like. People need to stop giving these people a pass because they are willing to saying something negative about dear leader. Don’t fall for the banana in the tail pipe. Rachel’s mantra is critical for Democrats to understand this cycle. Watch what they do, not what they say, especially behind closed doors. And do not repeat what they say behind closed doors. IT DOES NOT MATTER! If Romney doesn’t prove that Democrats can not assume that “Haley” voters that watch FOX all day will vote for Democrat simply because of Trump, without consistently and unwavering making their vote toxic, and essentially against the promise of America, I don’t know what will. And it is going to be critical to ignore the peanut gallery, that want the approval of Bill Maher, Bill Oreilly, and Karl Rove more than winning. Democratic strategist and CNN political analyst David Axelrod talked to HBO host Bill Maher about the possibility of a New York judge sentencing former President Donald Trump to prison: "Listen, a lot of people in my tribe don’t like it when I say this, but yeah, I think there is something about jailing a former president, especially on something like this. That is, to me, worrisome for our country. And I would really be shocked if this judge gave him a prison sentence for this Unilateral disarmament as usual. Treat Trump like a king, instead of focusing on the Constitutional promise of no one is above the law. What does Axelrod think will happen if the judge follows the law which would essentially mean he has to go to jail if Weisselberg did? How does his personal feelings and catching of the vapors help the public believe in the system. How does this mindset differ from Bush V Gore? They made the same excuses for the Colorado Ballot case. They will make it again in Washington. So here’s another reason to dump Trump from the Washington ballot. If Republicans don’t do it, somebody else probably will. It turns out Washington has a law on the books against convicted felons running for office. They will do anything to avoid making the GOP accountable. They don’t understand that they simply make things look more political by not following the law and saying the judges should make exceptions because of “the optics”. They didn’t learn from the Nixon pardon and I refuse to let them take us over a cliff because of their lack of courage and conviction. And moreover, they don’t understand WHY Republicans are circling the wagons so strongly. Boxers are trained to bounce on their toes or even smile after they've been hit hard so that the judges won't think that the opponent scored a blow. It's called smiling through the face of adversity Folks like Axelrod lost state legislatures left and right with this model, and lost in 2016. The momentum started when we started ignoring the political media pundit class (which Axelrod started in and is back again). Kudo to Democrats, including the President who have chosen to ignore the pearl clutching and go right at the Party Of Crime conspicuously, directly, with clear language. It seems as if national Democrats are on board with leaning into the guilty verdict. By early Friday afternoon the House Majority PAC, the super PAC affiliated with Democratic leadership, began issuing statement after statement under an “I support crime” headline for each embattled GOP incumbent defending Trump That has to last six months at minimum, in the face of media whataboustism. Take a stand, a strong stand with conviction. It’s literally now or never. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/2/2244265/-Shout-out-to-anyone-that-continues-to-pretend-Mitt-Romney-is-a-moderate?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/