Yesterday, POLITICO published an article by Rachael Bade with the headline: “Jamie Raskin's plan to hold Trump accountable” --- Let’s recall that it was Jamie Raskin …
…Congressman from the State of Maryland and supposed Constitutional Law expert that was the chief “inquisitor” in a long line of Democrats rabidly pursuing a piece of Trump’s hide after January 6th. And for the first time in our history, Raskin opened an impeachment of a non-sitting President. One might think that a Constitutional Law expert would know better – but … I digress.
Let’s cut to the chase … Raskin and his merry band of impeachers again spent millions of our tax dollars for the absurd theater of an “impeachment in absentia” of Donald J. Trump! Bottom Line – Raskin lost!
So, with the score now Trump 2 and Raskin, Pelosi and the remainder of the herd 0, we get the January 6th Select Committee with none other than Jamie Raskin among its membership! Because Jamie Raskin, much like a small child, wants to get even – it’s not really about holding anyone accountable – it’s about losing – twice and wanting to get even.
Here are some of Raskin’s thoughts as expressed to the POLITICO reporter:
[Trump] is not going away. I mean, had we been able to convict him and disqualify him from future federal office, this would be over. But it's not over…” “That's a live proposition. But at this point, accountability for Trump remains essential, but our problems go way beyond that. It's a question of the movement that Trump has created, which is based on authoritarian politics and fascistic tactics like big lies and conspiracy theories and propagandizing in the followers.”
Let’s look a bit closer at what Raskin is telling us --- “…tactics like BIG LIES and CONSPIRACY THEORIES and PROPAGANDIZING in the followers.” The widely accepted view among conservatives these days is whatever the Democrats say about you -- is exactly what they are doing! And in the business of telling big lies, Jamie Raskin is not without sin. Let’s remember that it was Jamie Raskin who stood in the well of the United Sates Senate and looked directly into the camera and lied to the American public. On the day of his impeachment presentation, Jamie Raskin knew that only one person died at the Capital on Jan 6th and that person was unarmed, civilian Ashley Babbitt – shot by a plainclothes U.S. Capitol Police officer. But Jamie Raskin looked in the camera and reported that no less than 10 people died that day, the most significant of which was a Capitol Hill Police officer named Brian Sicknick.
It was not long before the public knew that Raskin had lied and had lied BIG! In fact, Officer Sicknick died of natural causes as recorded by the DC Coroner. Raskin included in his count a number of DC officers, who for whatever reason only they will know, chose to commit suicide. When all the dust settled, it remained an indisputable fact: Only ONE person died that day and Raskin never even mentioned her name. Where is Raskin’s accountability?
Raskin – On working to convince Republicans that Trump is dangerous:
“Well, because he is dangerous. I spoke to Republican senators if they came to talk to me during the trial and I said, ‘You’ve got to do this for the country, you’ve got to do it for the Constitution and you’ve got to do it for your party, because he will destroy the Republican Party as we know it.’ I am more convinced of that than ever today.”
CONSPIRACY THEORIES … Exactly! Trump is and was unpredictable, and even erratic at times, but he was never dangerous, and it was never his intention to destroy the Republican Party. If that was his goal, he would have taken that bait after the election when many felt the Republican Party had let them down. But he said the Republican Party is his party! So, despite Raskin’s conspiracy rhetoric and mindset, there is no evidence to back it up … this is why Raskin remains a loser.
Raskin - On what success would look like for the Jan. 6 committee:
“Success for us is telling the truth — in comprehensive and fine-grained detail — a story that makes sense to the American people, and a story that demonstrates how far outside of our American constitutional system and outside of our American political culture these events were. And to turn huge numbers of people against political coups and against insurrections, and then to follow through on a set of policy recommendations and legislative recommendations that will allow us to fortify our institutions.”
And there it is … the PROPAGANDA component of the Jan 6th Committee!
For the Democrats, the goal is to seize absolute and never-ending power. Their final objective is to control the minds and lives of the American people. It seems that the only things standing in their way are Donald J. Trump (who lives in their heads 24/7), the Constitution of the United States, and those people who believe Trump’s policies, and not his personality, set the right course for America!
As for accountability … when is it achieved? When I see Nancy Pelosi testify under oath about her role in this debacle, when I see those being held in solitary confinement for the crime of entering the Capitol that day be released on bail, and when I see Jamie Raskin stand in the well of the House and apologize to America for his lies … maybe then there will be some accountability.
Jan 6th was not the firing on Fort Sumter or Pearl Harbor or September 11th. It was a riot precipitated by politicians who fail in their duties to the Republic – and so the Republic rioted. We all hope that it never happens again – but that outcome will depend on politicians like Jamie Raskin – and the future does not look bright at this moment and it makes one wonder -- Just what does Raskin see when he looks in the mirror? Perhaps just a sore loser!