Like the rest of us, Trump’s apologists have no idea what’s in that Manhattan indictment. Like the rest of us, they’ll learn more on Tuesday. But unlike the (rational) rest of us, the Cult is screeching that this indictment of Trump—or any and all other indictments of Trump—is exclusively politically motivated.
Why? Because they say so.
They seem to be saying—in fact, they are saying—that no former president can ever be held criminally accountable. Ever. For anything. (Unless it’s one day Joe Biden, of course.)
Why? Because they say so. And because this is the first time a sitting or former president has ever been indicted.
That’s likely because that was the first time we’ve ever had a Mob Boss in the White House. That would be my guess.
I already have my musical selections picked out for Tuesday. I’m gonna listen to some Manhattan Transfer.
“You’re a native New Yorker…”