No freedom or fair elections if a president’s money and property can be seized by political opponents
Voters in a few months are supposed to cast a ballot for their preferred presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, we just watched one of our major political parties attempt to literally bankrupt the likely nominee of the other, and seize his property.
Whatever you want to say of America anymore, it can’t possibly be called free and our elections aren’t anything close to fair.
A Democrat judge linked up with a Democrat district attorney in New York last week, ruling that Donald Trump, who earned more votes in 2020 than any sitting president in history, pay the city about half a billion dollars in penalties and fines, plus forego his right to conduct business or borrow money in the entire state. The pretext for the obscenity is that Trump in his years as a real estate developer routinely defrauded lenders by inflating the value of his assets, a hideous crime that resulted in his victims’ insolvency and buried by insurmountable debt.
Wait, that’s not right. Let me check my notes. Sorry, what actually happened is that the banks who took the risk of financing Trump’s ventures raked in fistfulls of profits and continued chasing him to continue their lucrative partnerships. In other words, the parties “wronged” by Trump got richer.
With each passing day, nearly $100,000 in interest is tacked onto the sentence and the D.A., Letitia “peek-a-boo” James (as Trump calls her for hilarious yet unknown reasons), has gone so far as to threaten state seizure of the former president’s marquee real estate properties should he fail to pay the sum.
Trump’s legal team has promised to appeal. But to do that, they would have to secure a bond that’s even higher than amount he’s been ordered to pay.
This is a former president. This is a former president who exponentially increased his support for reelection in 2020, earning 7 million more votes than any sitting president before. This is a former president running for a non-consecutive second term and who has all but in name locked up the Republican nomination. This is a former president whose polling numbers currently show him likely to defeat the sitting one in virtually every swing state that will decide the election.
They’re taking his money — potentially all of the cash he has on hand — revoking his right to participate in an entire state’s economy, and threatening to snatch his private property. That’s just in New York. Elsewhere, Democrats are trying to keep his name off the ballot or, if that doesn’t work, put him in prison.
Trump did business in New York for decades. This isn’t a coincidence or a matter of karma catching up. James campaigned for her job promising to pursue the former president, explicitly because he became president.
If becoming president means potentially seeing your whole life’s work confiscated by the political opposition, then elections aren’t fair. This country isn’t free.
What potential consequences could arise if the ruling against Trump sets a dangerous precedent for targeting political opponents through the legal system
For the full amount of the judgment, which could be as much as $549 million. This poses a significant challenge, as most insurers are reluctant to issue bonds for such large sums, especially in a case with such high-profile political implications.
The timing of this ruling is highly suspicious. It comes just months before the next presidential election, where Trump is widely expected to run again. The Democrats are clearly trying to cripple his campaign and prevent him from regaining the White House.
But this attack on Trump is not just an attack on one man. It is an attack on our democracy itself. If the ruling stands, it sets a dangerous precedent that any political opponent can be targeted and bankrupted through the legal system. This undermines the principle of fair and free elections, where the will of the people is supposed to be the determining factor.
It is ironic that the party claiming to champion democracy and fairness is the very party engaging in these underhanded tactics. They claim to be the party of the people, but in reality, they are only interested in power and control.
Unfortunately, this type of manipulation is becoming all too common in American politics. We have seen it with the impeachment of Trump, where the Democrats used false accusations and a biased media to try to remove him from office. We have seen it with the constant attacks on conservative voices and the suppression of free speech.
It is clear that our democracy is under attack. But it is up to us, the American people, to defend it. We must demand transparency, accountability, and fairness in our elections. We must reject the tactics of fear, division, and manipulation.
We can no longer simply accept the status quo. We must stand up and fight for what is right. We must ensure that our elections are truly free and fair, and that every citizen has a voice and a vote that counts.
The future of our democracy is at stake. It is time to take a stand and reclaim our country from those who would seek to manipulate and control it for their own gain.
Let us remember the words of Abraham Lincoln, who said, “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
We cannot let our democracy burn. We must protect it, cherish it, and fight for it.
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