Robert De Niroās full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts:
Iāve spent a lot of time studying bad men.Ā Iāve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet thereās something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I donāt see a bad man. Truly.
I see an evil one.
Over the years, Iāve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he canāt quite pull it off. Thereās such a thing as āhonor among thieves.ā Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.Ā Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story ā but ā they have a moral code, however warped.
Donald Trump does not. Heās a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard forĀ anyoneĀ but himself ā not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his āfriends.ā He has contempt for all of them.
We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.Ā We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.Ā We tried to warn the world in 2016.
The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.Ā Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald TrumpāsĀ bombastic behaviorĀ every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up inĀ body bags.
The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.Ā That was the consequence of New Yorkās warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.
Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we canāt let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.
So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke ā right here in the beating heart of New York ā to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.
Democracy wonāt survive the return of a wannabe dictator.
And it wonāt overcome evil if we are divided.
So what do we do about it?Ā I know Iām preaching to the choir here.Ā What weāre doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow ā take it outside these walls. Ā We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.Ā Theyāre not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.Ā Our future doesnāt just depend on us. It depends on them.
Letās reach out to Trumpās followers with respect.Ā Letās not talk about ādemocracy.āĀ āDemocracyā may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, theyāve already turned their backs on it.Ā Letās talk about right and wrong.Ā Letās talk about humanity.Ā Letās talk about kindness.Ā Security for our world.Ā Safety for our families.Ā Decency.Ā Letās welcome them back.Ā We wonāt get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this āStop Trump Summit.ā
Good morning from New York.
A hearing is scheduled to begin shortly in the case of @MaryLTrump v. Donald Trump.
Covering the proceedings virtually, @LawCrimeNews.
One year ago, a violent attack on our Capitol made it clear just how fragile the American experiment in democracy really is. Hereās my statement on what the anniversary means, and what we need to do today.
Here is the truth: The former president of the United States has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election.
Heās done so because he values power over principle. Because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or Constitution.
@DaveKing6@TrueFactsStated Only Pfizerās booster was approved so far based on its clinical trials, itās vaccine dosage was lower than Modernaās dosage based on the different nanotechnology Moderna used and it has maintained a higher efficacy rate than Pfizer. Consider yourself lucky!
@MarkWhitney13 @isntoursunastar @MissGizzie Wow. Thatās a zinger. Why? The judges I work with are not criminal judges. But you clearly are only interested in your own interpretation of your events. No ethical violations at all. Have a great day. Iām done here.
@MarkWhitney13 @isntoursunastar @MissGizzie I work with Judges. One was selected for the grand jury. Eight were selected for long cause matters. So your theory is a generalization.
@AndrewHGiuliani@RudyGiuliani Your dad is a criminal. They are not leftist judges, they are law abiding judges. Criminals get caught so deal with the consequences of your actions.
@NotInnovation @DavidLVBauer@TheCrick@UCLHresearch@TheLancet@dremmacbw@MaryYiWeiWu An interesting statistical model- attempting to vaccinate as many as possible with only one vaccine, compared to fully vaccinating oldest and most vulnerable groups first. Who can say which method will more greatly reduce the viral load transmitted to the general population?
Significant loss of antibody neutralisation vs live B.1.617.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant (-5.8x, akin to B.1.351) in @TheCrick / @UCLHresearch Legacy study of 250 (!) Pfizer-BioNTech 1/2-dose vaccinees, out today @TheLancet, by @dremmacbw, @MaryYiWeiWu et al. https://t.co/Bf4v2OpfVE 1/n
Significant loss of antibody neutralisation vs live B.1.617.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant (-5.8x, akin to B.1.351) in @TheCrick / @UCLHresearch Legacy study of 250 (!) Pfizer-BioNTech 1/2-dose vaccinees, out today @TheLancet, by @dremmacbw, @MaryYiWeiWu et al. https://t.co/Bf4v2OpfVE 1/n