Republicans Want Trump Convicted and 'Out of Their Way'

Republicans Want Trump Convicted and 'Out of Their Way'
BY THOMAS KIKA ON 11/13/22 AT 10:59 AM EST

Former President Donald Trump's midterm failures may have eroded the Republican support he was counting on to avoid a criminal conviction, according to one attorney.

Trump has long been reported to be planning an early 2024 presidential campaign announcement as a way to stave off potential prosecution from the numerous investigations mounting against him. His hope had purportedly been to ride a wave of midterm GOP success into the announcement, but with Democrats posting historically strong results over the last week, Trump's future as a Republican figurehead and his 2024 candidacy have been cast into doubt.

In a report published on Sunday, The Daily Beast spoke with numerous current and former attorneys and general legal experts about the situation facing Trump. Most said that his plan to avoid criminal prosecution by running for reelection would do him no good, as the various investigations arrayed against him are too far along. Reports previously indicated that Attorney General Merrick Garland was looking to indict Trump after the midterms, to avoid swaying voter opinions, but before the start of the 2024 election cycle.

One expert The Daily Beast spoke to, retired attorney and conservative Eric Owens, said that the situation is even worse for Trump than he might imagine, as Republicans now have a potential motive for seeing him convicted and taken off the political battlefield. have strategic reasons to support a potential conviction of the former president following their disastrous midterm performances.

"I do think Trump believes he can avoid prosecution by running for president and causing delays," Owens said. "That's another Trump strategy: Delay and run out the clock. But many Republicans simply have a selfish and practical interest in seeing Trump prosecuted and convicted—for anything, really. They want him out of their way either for their ambition or because he is clearly dragging the party down with bad candidates."

Once the cowardly republicans stop obstructing all investigations into twump, he's toast.
 
I hope he runs. The higher he goes the harder he’ll hit when he falls.

He can't accept a loss or an opportunity to be talked about every day. His starving ego can never be sated.

He'll run, lose the GOP nomination, then run as an "I", split the GOP vote and give the Democrat running the presidency in 24.
 
I hope he runs and loses the Republican nomination and then decides to run as an independent. He'll fleece his flock and make a bundle but he'll lose the vote again and be a three time loser.

Doing that, running as an "I" will also siphon off votes from DeShitStain, or whomever the GOP nominee is, and give the Democrat running the win.
 
No, it doesn't do that at all.

In fact, it reinforces exactly WHY you should be getting vaccinated.

Too many of your pervert friends didn't listen and the result was that they died before they had a chance to cast a ballot...so you helped keep the House in Democratic hands by spreading COVID lies that the "very fine people" listened to, which caused their deaths and the loss of several narrow House elections.

Poor baby you should stay home locked in your closet. Screw you and your sissy ass bullshit. None of that shit worked masks, social distancing, stabs but you idiots are too stupid to realize it. You'll be dead from covid long before I ever will be you retarded dunce.
 
He can't accept a loss or an opportunity to be talked about every day. His starving ego can never be sated.

He'll run, lose the GOP nomination, then run as an "I", split the GOP vote and give the Democrat running the presidency in 24.

That would be the best thing for Democrats, but Pedo Don is a chickenshit afraid to be a loser. We'll know tomorrow.
 
That would be the best thing for Democrats, but Pedo Don is a chickenshit afraid to be a loser. We'll know tomorrow.

Ok, you don't think he'll run? I think he will. You are correct. We shall soon see. One thing influencing my theory - twump loves to hold rallies with people genuflecting to him. He's gonna do it.
 
Ok, you don't think he'll run? I think he will. You are correct. We shall soon see. One thing influencing my theory - twump loves to hold rallies with people genuflecting to him. He's gonna do it.

Donald J. Trump is a fucking coward. No, I don't think he'll run.

OTOH, if he's crazy enough he might and that, IMO, would be abso-fucking-lutely awesome to see.

He can have rallies and play Kingmaker without running.
 
Donald J. Trump is a fucking coward. No, I don't think he'll run.

OTOH, if he's crazy enough he might and that, IMO, would be abso-fucking-lutely awesome to see.

He can have rallies and play Kingmaker without running.

You know there's a third option - he may just announce a later announcement, keeping us in suspense. What will we do then?
 
IF Trump runs. You think Trump is brave enough to face losing, I think he's a cowardly POS who'll say something else at his announcement tomorrow.

OTOH, he might be crazy enough to run...but Ivanka will probably talk him down off the ceiling.

Trump cares more about staying politically relevant and fleecing his flock than losing another election. Remember, if he declares, he can start campaigning and the donations will roll in. Methinks he enjoys campaigning more than running the country.

Bottom line: Trump will run, won't get the Republican nomination, will run as an independent, siphon off Republican votes and hand the election to the Dems. Book it. End of story.
 
I hope he runs and loses the Republican nomination and then decides to run as an independent. He'll fleece his flock and make a bundle but he'll lose the vote again and be a three time loser.
In a crowded primary field, he'll win with his MAGA base. Which will be great for Dems
 
Oooh! Great scenario! Yes, I'd love it.

Sadly, Trump has repeatedly proved himself to be a narcissistic coward more afraid of appearing as a loser than for standing up for right against wrong.

I doubt he'll announce but agree it would be great if he did.
I've been saying all along that he won't run.

But...I believe his ploy is to become a candidate and then clog up the courts with claims that a candidate cannot be prosecuted.

His only move has always been to delay, delay, delay
 
Agreed, although I doubt Biden will run. Splitting the vote certainly gives Harris or whomever the DNC candidate would be.

The odds favor the Democrats if Harris is running as an incumbent. The odds favor the Republicans in a free-for-all election unless Trump is the candidate.

If it's a free-for-all, I expect DeSantis to be the candidate and to win...unless criminal charges shut him down. LOL
If Biden is healthy in 2 years, I think the party is happy to have him run after this momentus midterm.

You have been very vocal in a sane way stating the obvious...that Dems. would take a big hit in the mid terms.

History has been made (notwithstanding the Dubyah debacle years) and Biden is largely getting the credit.

His debt relief, although I don't really support it, worked as planned.

Kids voted in their own best interests. If Biden keeps tilting at windmills re. debt relief, they might just vote again in '24.

Harris won't win. She doesn't have what it takes. Nobody liked her in '20, and they sure as hell won't like her in '24.

I'm sure she's highly qualified.

Sadly, qualifications don't matter. See Walker in Georgia.
 
The bottom line is Trump's political career is over. He's radioactive. He'll never win another election of any kind.
Just for fun, let's stroll down memory lane from last year when Qpublicans were discussing trump for Speaker of the House.

Someone should ask McCarthey about that.
 
Trump cares more about staying politically relevant and fleecing his flock than losing another election. Remember, if he declares, he can start campaigning and the donations will roll in. Methinks he enjoys campaigning more than running the country.

Bottom line: Trump will run, won't get the Republican nomination, will run as an independent, siphon off Republican votes and hand the election to the Dems. Book it. End of story.

He cares about superficial bullshit per his narcissistic personality disorder. The glitch is he's crippled with cowardice. He normally avoids taking a risk of failure.

Consider the difference between a young male asking out a girl for the first time. Some do it, some don't.

In Trump's case, he buys attraction. He never learned how to take a risk to himself. Sure, he'll risk other people's money. Other people's lives, such as 1/6, but he risks them and protects himself. That's why he never pardoned a single one of them and denounced them all a week later.

That said, after decades of Adderall abuse, age itself and general stupidity from birth, it is, indeed, possible that he's crazy enough to run.
 
Republicans Want Trump Convicted and 'Out of Their Way'
BY THOMAS KIKA ON 11/13/22 AT 10:59 AM EST

Former President Donald Trump's midterm failures may have eroded the Republican support he was counting on to avoid a criminal conviction, according to one attorney.

Trump has long been reported to be planning an early 2024 presidential campaign announcement as a way to stave off potential prosecution from the numerous investigations mounting against him. His hope had purportedly been to ride a wave of midterm GOP success into the announcement, but with Democrats posting historically strong results over the last week, Trump's future as a Republican figurehead and his 2024 candidacy have been cast into doubt.

In a report published on Sunday, The Daily Beast spoke with numerous current and former attorneys and general legal experts about the situation facing Trump. Most said that his plan to avoid criminal prosecution by running for reelection would do him no good, as the various investigations arrayed against him are too far along. Reports previously indicated that Attorney General Merrick Garland was looking to indict Trump after the midterms, to avoid swaying voter opinions, but before the start of the 2024 election cycle.

One expert The Daily Beast spoke to, retired attorney and conservative Eric Owens, said that the situation is even worse for Trump than he might imagine, as Republicans now have a potential motive for seeing him convicted and taken off the political battlefield. have strategic reasons to support a potential conviction of the former president following their disastrous midterm performances.

"I do think Trump believes he can avoid prosecution by running for president and causing delays," Owens said. "That's another Trump strategy: Delay and run out the clock. But many Republicans simply have a selfish and practical interest in seeing Trump prosecuted and convicted—for anything, really. They want him out of their way either for their ambition or because he is clearly dragging the party down with bad candidates."
Convicting a number of repukes at co-conspiring and enabling tRump's insurrectionist war wave against democracy with the added atrocity at using U.S. Congressional resources on the taxpayer money to do so against society, humanity and to the delight of foreign enemies should also be convicted and set aside.
 
Convicting a number of repukes at co-conspiring and enabling tRump's insurrectionist war wave against democracy with the added atrocity at using U.S. Congressional resources on the taxpayer money to do so against society, humanity and to the delight of foreign enemies should also be convicted and set aside.

I'll drink to that.
 
If Biden is healthy in 2 years, I think the party is happy to have him run after this momentus midterm.

You have been very vocal in a sane way stating the obvious...that Dems. would take a big hit in the mid terms.

History has been made (notwithstanding the Dubyah debacle years) and Biden is largely getting the credit.

His debt relief, although I don't really support it, worked as planned.

Kids voted in their own best interests. If Biden keeps tilting at windmills re. debt relief, they might just vote again in '24.

Harris won't win. She doesn't have what it takes. Nobody liked her in '20, and they sure as hell won't like her in '24.

I'm sure she's highly qualified.

Sadly, qualifications don't matter. See Walker in Georgia.

Biden is a message to all voting Americans that Democrats don't have anyone who could serve better than Joe Biden.

Don't get me wrong, I think Biden would be a great elder statesman and "grandpa" for all Americans, but he's too old to serve.

He's effectively a scarecrow for the Democrats because they have nothing better to show American voters.

Yes, better than Trump but Americans deserve better than what the Democrats and Republicans are offering.

What do you suggest most Americans should do?
 
Poor baby you should stay home locked in your closet.

No, it's just being responsible and wearing a mask when in public, and staying 6ft apart from the unmasked, unwashed, filthy, COVID-riddled, bleach-drinking, horse dewormer-eating lard buckets who shove lightbulbs up their asses because a reality TV show host told them to.

That's why Democrats won some of those narrow House races; your filthy, disgusting, perverted friends died from COVID and couldn't vote.

I told you for over a year that was going to happen unless you shut the fuck up. But you couldn't and you didn't, and the consequence of that is the loss of some House races. Maybe even the loss of a couple of those Senate races too.

So thank you for running your big, fat mouth because you likely handed the Senate to the Democrats.
 
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