With President Trump being metaphorically handcuffed by the judge in his “Stormy Daniels” trial of commenting publicly on the case, he is now enlisting allies to show up and court to blast what he calls “lawfare” against him.
In a casting call similar to his former NBC show “Celebrity Apprentice,” elected officials and those loyal to the former President have been showing up daily to the Manhattan courthouse to declare the prosecutions of former President Trump as being politically motivated and even a threat to American democracy.
Senators JD Vance (R-OH), Tommy Tuverville (R-AL), and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) are the most recent elected officials to hold a press conference outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Trump is standing trial.
Although the lawmakers support former President Trump politically, the overriding message was one of election integrity. Their message: the Biden Administration is a threat to our democracy by using the courts to hamstring a candidate for president, or any office, in order to tip the scales of the 2024 presidential election.
“Democrats are trying to beat Trump in the jury box because they can’t beat him at the ballot box,” said Senator. Tuberville.
Senator Vance commented on New York Attorney General Bragg using the courts to interfere with the presidential election and keep a major candidate from running an active campaign.
The Ohio junior senators said Democrats should “persuade the voters, not prosecute a candidate.”
Senator Vance brought home the message that any political party should let their platform convince voters to elect them and not use “lawfare” to impede an opponent from running an effective campaign.
Previously, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, and Dave McIntosh, leader of the anti-tax “Club for Growth” also showed up at the courthouse to speak to the media and support Trump.
“It’s a crime in this country to use the court system to go after your political opponents,” Scott said. “What is happening in this courtroom is clearly criminal.”
Scott further said on Fox & Friends, “This is just political persecution. If we don’t stop this, they can go after you. Every American is at risk. I’m going to go support this president because this is wrong, what’s happening to this guy.”
Let the “marketplace of ideas” rule the day seems to be the overall theme from all over the political spectrum – even from a host of the left leaning outlet CNN.
Progressive CNN host Fareed Zakaria agreed that the Trump prosecution is politically motivated stating on his Sunday show, "I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump.”
Zakaria agreed that the prosecutions of Trump are politically motivated. Zakaria said that to many average Americans this trial, "may serve to make him (Trump) the object of some sympathy among people in general who believe that his prosecutors are politically motivated. This happens to be true, in my opinion.”
President Biden’s claims that a second-term Donald Trump presidency is a threat to American democracy seems to fly in the face of opinions from attorneys, elected officials, and media from across the political spectrum. Instead, it is the abuse of the American system of jurisprudence that is the real and present threat to our democracy.
Trump's comments after the indictment were telling and many now see the truth in them whether they support Trump politically or not. Trump said then, "In the end, they're not coming after me. They're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way.”
“The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized Department of Injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country," he said. "Many people have said that; Democrats have even said it. This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice."