On today’s pod @JamesCarville sums up the state of play as only he can:
“We’re from New Orleans: I see a parade is coming and I grab a whistle, baton, and a high hat…It’s Kamala Gras.”
There’s more where that came from. Enjoy.
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BREAKING: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally endorse Kamala Harris for president — building momentum for her historic candidacy!
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BREAKING: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis humiliates MAGA lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, snapping back at Merchant and telling Merchant, "don’t be cute with me" during a heated under oath exchange at today’s court hearing.
It all started when Willis took the stand to testify in front of a judge who is considering whether or not to disqualify her from prosecuting Trump in the Georgia election trial.
Merchant is a lawyer representing former Trump campaign official Michael Roman, who is a co-defendant in the Georgia case. She filed court documents accusing Willis of having a "clandestine" relationship with the special prosecutor she hired to help with the Trump case.
Willis has denied allegations that her relationship with the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, began prior to November 2021 when he became special prosecutor. In other words, there was nothing inappropriate about it.
During the hearing, Merchant attempted to grill Willis and absurdly insinuated financial malfeasance.
"Did you ever pay him through Cash App?" Merchant asked, referring to bill reimbursement.
"No," said Willis.
"You only ever paid him through cash?"
"What? Yes. We're talking about— I'm very confused now," said Willis, understandably thrown by the odd line of questioning.
"You never paid Mr. Wade through Cash App?" asked Merchant.
"No," said Willis.
"The only money you've ever given him outside of a contract is cash," said Merchant.
"I didn't give him money in a contract so that was cute, but I didn't give him money in a contract," said Willis.
"What happened— No we're going to answer it since you said," continued Willis, refusing to be cut off. "He worked. He worked more hours than he was paid and the county paid him for the work that he did. So don't be cute with me and then think that you're not gonna get an answer."
The two went back and forth a bit, with Merchant rambling. Willis said that she handed cash to Wade on only a few occasions, and never gave him checks or paid him through an app.
"So you have no proof of any reimbursement for any of these things because it was all cash?" said Merchant.
"The testimony of one witness is enough to prove a fact," said Willis. "Are you telling me that I'm lying to you, is that what you're intimating right here?"
"I'm asking if you have any proof that you paid him," said Merchant.
"The proof is what I just told you," said Willis bluntly.
During another contentious exchange, Willis ripped into Merchant again.
"Your office objected to us getting Delta records for flights that you may have taken with Mr. Wade," said Merchant.
"No, no, look I object to you getting records," said Willis. "You've been intrusive into people's personal lives. You're confused. You think I'm on trial, these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. I'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial."
Brilliant. You can see why Trump and his cronies are trying so hard to get Willis removed from the case. She is a formidable woman who poses a serious threat to Trump's freedom.
Justice must be defended. Fani Willis must be allowed to stay on this case.
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Congratulations and THANK YOU #FaniWillis (and Dad) for courageously holding @realDonaldTrump FINALLY accountable to the rule of law. You are an American Hero who should not have had to suffer the harassment threats and lies of the mindless minions of the MAGA GOP cult. BRAVO.
Congratulations and THANK YOU #LetitiaJames for your courage and for holding @realDonaldTrump accountable at long last to the rule of law. You are an American Hero.
BREAKING: Donald Trump drops bombshell in court, tells a judge that he can’t be disqualified from running for President in 2024 because he was not required to “support the U.S. Constitution” when he tried to steal Biden’s win and incited an insurrection.
It all started when a major ethics organization filed a lawsuit in Colorado to ban Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, which bans insurrectionists from running for office.
Trump and his lawyers responded, telling the judge that “The Presidential oath, which the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution — not to 'support' the Constitution. Because the framers chose to define the group of people subject to Section Three by an oath to 'support' the Constitution of the United States, and not by an oath to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution, the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment never intended for it to apply to the President."
There you have it folks. Dictator Trump is now openly telling judges and courts that he never “supported” the Constitution as president — and if he is elected president again in 2024 — will continue to commit open treason against the Constitution of the United States of America.
Trump is a threat to America’s struggling democracy — and belongs tar-and-feathered in a prison cell instead of the Oval Office so he can never incite a deadly insurrection nor attempt a coup ever again.
Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that Trump MUST be banned from the ballot in 2024 — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a woke new Twitter competitor that banned Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: https://t.co/HnJzSKjCwX
NEW:
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is calling on Republicans to dump Trump:
“Mr. Trump, who now stands accused of trying to delete incriminating Mar-a-Lago security video...Republicans should also be angry at Mr. Trump, who is again the architect of his own destruction. He led the GOP to defeats, many of them driven by his personal grievances...”
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