The GOP Front-Runner Is in Court for Paying a Porn Star Hush Money
The VEEP hopefuls are outside that court like a bunch of wiseguys hoping to catch the eye of the "Don"
If you ever saw the movie Donnie Brasco, then maybe you recall the scene when the wiseguys, the low-level mafia thugs, are standing outside the restaurant in Little Italy, New York, waiting for the boss to arrive. Their presence there on that cold afternoon was to show respect and “fly the flag” for the man they all dreamed of being like one day.
Art has once again become life in New York City. The “don” of the Republican Party is in federal court accused of having doctored his books for a paying a porn star he had sex with to “shut her mouth” about that past dalliance. Outside the courthouse, the Republican wiseguys are gathered waiting for the don’s arrival and hoping as “Lefty,” played by Al Pacino, to be seen by the cigar-chomping killer. Unnerved as the wiseguys on Mulberry Street, the heart of Little Italy, are by the spying eyes of the FBI, so too the Republican vice-presidential hopefuls are almost carefree despite the media conveying their images to the world — proving once again just how sad and weak these moral rejects really are.
On Tuesday, Trump’s former Republican challenger and now a staunch supporter Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to attend court with him, according to his spokesperson. His appearance follows attendance from Republican Sens. J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville, New York GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, and Republican state attorneys general — Steve Marshall of Alabama and Brenna Bird of Iowa — on Monday. Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott traveled with Trump to court last week (VP Contenders Flock to Courthouse).
This moment, like so many other ones that a decade ago would have been simply unimaginable, tells us a lot. Most importantly, it tells us that the leadership in the Republican Party has no moral base, no foundation for what is right or wrong. All they can see is what is best for Donald Trump, America be damned. Mike Johnson and the rest of the men who support felonious behavior have declared that breaking the law is okay if you are a Republican politician. If you happen to be anyone else committing crimes, however, then you must “do the time, bitch!”
We are all bitches, suckers, and dopes, in their eyes, no better than an extra row of pawns when playing a chess master. The Republicans in power are not just pawns of Trump but the Kremlin, also. With every move, every delay, every “flying of the flag” to show respect for the don, the Republican Party weakens not just America but democracy in the world. The double standards become kindling for the fires of the authoritarianism American conservatives, MAGidiots, and run-of-the-mill Republicans support all over the world today.
As for the so-called religious people out there supporting Republicans, look at the ridiculous spectacle unfolding in our nation’s most important city, New York. A grunting — when he’s not sleeping — ex-president, listens to witness after witness tell of his mob-like antics as he lied, cheated, and stole his way into his wealth and then presidency, exits the courtroom and rants about how America is being destroyed by the very law and order which he claims to represent.
After Trump approved his repayment to his “bagman” Michael Cohen, Cohen paid out of his pocket the $130,000 to Stormy Daniels for “keepin’ heewr mout shut,” he then says in a conspiratorial tone of voice with a wink, “It’s gonna be a trip down there in D.C.” I wonder if Presidents Obama, Biden, or even Bush made such comments after winning the election. Trump was already imagining how much money he was going to make by abusing his office.
If anyone needed just one reason — or just one more reason — why voting for Trump or any Republican was such a terrible idea, all they have to do is look at the brainless cowards sitting like eager puppies in courtroom waiting to be noticed by the don, Donald Trump.
MAGidiots somehow don’t see any of this. It is like every time Trump and other Republicans do something that should sound their moral and patriotism bells, they take the latest offense and apply it to Biden and Democrats. It’s a new and improved form of “Stockholm Syndrome” and it’s really frightening.