The New Yorker Strikes

For John, BLUF:  Giving the other side their chance to change minds.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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History Will Find Trump Guilty

From The New Yorker, by Daily Comment Columnist David Remnick, February 13, 2021.

Here are the last three paragraphs:

“He truly made his base believe that the only way he could lose was if the election was rigged,” Joaquin Castro said during one of his trial speeches.  “And, Senators, all of us know, and all of us understand how dangerous that is for our country.  Because the most combustible thing you can do in a democracy is convince people an election doesn’t count, that their voice and their vote don’t count, and that it’s all been stolen—especially if what you’re saying are lies.”

The trial ended in a sour acquittal.  A shamed ex-President would inevitably declare victory.

But it is no victory at all. Within hours of his Inauguration, Joe Biden cancelled the plans of the 1776 Commission. Propaganda would not become the law of the land.  In his closing argument, Raskin quoted a Black Capitol Police officer who, after being called the N-word repeatedly, after his fellow-officers were beaten, abused, bashed with flag poles, and sprayed with bear repellent, asked, “Is this America?”  History will judge Donald Trump severely for his crimes against the United States.

I get that History will likely judge President Trump harshly.  What I don't see is that he is finished.  And even if he is, if his movement is finished.

I am not even sure that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is finished.  Will she now retreat or does she feel the need to hang around until 2025, to Impeach Donald Trump again, or to Impeach his successor.

Regards  —  Cliff