Donald Trump recently summoned his supporters to show up and disrupt the criminal proceedings against him in court. Although few supporters actually showed up to defend the former president, the call reminded some Americans of his rhetoric surrounding Jan. 6, 2021.
Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey argues that Trump is revealing himself as a man who is clearly guilty of the accusations against him, and warns that those who continue to support him are now pursuing an agenda of lawlessness, anarchy and chaos.
So let’s consider what’s happening now. The court system, you know, co-equal branches of government, he’s a private citizen. He’s in court because he committed crimes. A grand jury indicted him, not a man, not a DA, but a grand jury. They looked at evidence and they said, under the normative rules and the statutory language, Trump violated the law, and it is worthy of indictment. Okay.
Trump has actively called for his supporters to disrupt court proceedings. Why? If you’re innocent, you want the opportunity to show how flimsy the prosecution’s case is. If you did nothing wrong, you want the opportunity to expose those who are unfairly targeting you. But if you’re guilty, you don’t want the proceeding to continue.
Now, Trump is getting a break again. I guarantee you, if Trump was a gangster, okay, gang leader saying these things on social media and in the public, he would have been held in contempt. He would have been arrested and likely not able to qualify for bond. But he’s Trump. Alright. He brought all these things on himself. You got to think about this. Everything he’s experiencing, he brought it on himself. What happened to taking responsibility, being accountable, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps?