Powerful will do what it takes not to lose power
By Mark Mansius and Bill Sargent
Galveston County Daily News
Nov 28, 2023
Trump in court
We are seeing an
all-out attempt to destroy Donald Trump using the judicial system. This
isn’t new. Since the beginning of time those in power have used all the
tools at their disposal to keep their power. For example, William
Tyndale was burned at the stake for publishing the first Bible in the
language of commoners, threatening the elites who wanted to keep control
of who could read God’s word. It’s always about a drunken thirst for
power; squashing anything that threatens keeping it.
We're not condoning here Trump’s trash talk and personal attacks. He needs to control his emotions and his tongue (See James 1:19, 3:5-6).
At the same time, I loved his policies/accomplishment while President: A
secure border, a thriving economy, near full employment (especially for
minorities), no runaway inflation, energy independence, no wars, a
peace through strength foreign policy, and support for law enforcement
and a non-woke military.
But those in power are weaponizing our
judicial system, turning a blind eye to their friends while attacking
those who threaten their hold on power.
Trump faces multiple
indictments. In the NY civil case and the Washington election
interference case judges are trying to muzzle Trump by instituting gag
orders. Both cases raise first amendment issues, balancing the need to
ensure a fair trial and Trump’s right to speak freely, especially as
part of his presidential campaign. In the Washington case even the ACLU
(which is certainly not supporting Trump’s reelection) has criticized
the gag order saying Trump “cannot possibly know what he is permitted to
say, and what he is not.” In the NY civil trial, the judge
demonstrated his bias by saying Trump acted fraudulently, doing so
before the trial even began and the NY Democrat Attorney General
prosecuting the case ran for office on a platform of getting Trump --
who cares on what charges, she’d just get him. Gag orders that are
designed to stop Trump from publicly defending himself in the midst of a
campaign highlight the extent to which those who are in power and who
are feel threatened will go.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department
(DOJ) slow-walked the cases involving Joe Biden’s son Hunter allowing
the statute of limitations ran out. They also offered a sweetheart plea
deal for Hunter, which the judge wouldn’t sign off on. Then DOJ
appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel -- the former Hunter Biden
prosecutor -- when their policy has always clearly been to hire an
uninvolved outside attorney. Additionally, when it was revealed Joe
Biden received a $40,000 check, and perhaps a lot more, in what has been
reported to be a money laundering scheme, in return for favors to
foreign interests, DOJ refused to appoint a special counsel at all.
The
politicalization and weaponization of our justice system may help those
in power who feel threatened, but I contend doing so is wrong. If our
nation is to survive this must stop and stop now. All of us need to
stand for truth and equal treatment for all, not graft, favoritism, and
corruption.
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