UVA Professor/ director of the Center for Politics Larry Sabato nails it on Trump claiming, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
“That is one of the most disturbing posts that [Trump] has ever made, and remember how many disturbing posts he’s made. That really, if you read it literally, it suggests that he who is saving the country – meaning Donald Trump – can violate any law and it isn’t really a violation because the [ends justify the means]. Now look, Donald Trump trolls us a lot, he always has. This could be just another troll or it could be the introduction to a completely new approach to the presidency and an approach that will diminish democracy at the very least…
…the Democrats have done a terrible job, so far at least, of mobilizing opposition to Trump. They really are in desperate shape. And they recognize it; they’re trying to do something about it. But you need LEADERSHIP in the out-of-power party…someone who is organized and who knows how to oppose a president like this. And they’re simply not doing it to this point…”
Hopefully, the rest of the interview will be posted later, but for now, that’s excellent – albeit very, very disturbing and distressing – stuff by UVA Professor Larry Sabato.
With regard to Democrats standing up to Trump, I started to wonder what was going on right after the election, as the weeks went by and we mostly got silence from top Democratic leaders. But I kept thinking, maybe they’ll kick it up a few notches after Trump is inaugurated. Then Trump was inaugurated and…meh, not really. I also thought maybe Democrats were quietly formulating a plan to defend our democracy and fight back against Trump’s lawlessness, authoritarianism, etc. But again, not really – as least as far as I’ve seen. Instead, we’ve actually seen most Democratic US Senators voting for multiple Trump Cabinet picks, refusing to use all the tools at their disposal to grind the Senate to a halt, failing to raise the alarm (or doing so inadequately) among the people they represent, etc. WTF is this all about? Are they afraid? Do they feel powerless? Are they in deep denial? Stockholm Syndrome? Other?
Anyway, the bottom line is that at this point – with Trump and Musk literally destroying our government and our alliances as we sit here – Democratic “leaders” seem to be more engaged in business-as-usual rather than shifting to an emergency footing. And that’s just completely unacceptable, pathetic, etc.
#PresidentTrump says, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.” @LarrySabato explains why he thinks this is one of the most disturbing posts #Trump has ever made: pic.twitter.com/DchN5ogkKq
— Rosemary Church (@rosemaryCNN) February 17, 2025
UPDATE 2/17: Here’s the full video of Sen. Warner’s interview with Politico in Munich.
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