“IN THE DAYS since Donald Trump was indicted, his allies have had a unified demand of his GOP primary rivals: Promise to pardon the Donald — or else.”
“Trump’s demand advances two goals: The first is to protect himself from legal consequences if he loses both the GOP primary and his federal court case. But given that Trump is telling allies he’ll trounce DeSantis and all other primary challengers, the demand for a pardon pledge appears to be more of a political move. The question itself offers a trap for any Republican who tries to engage with it: Either side with Trump and use the occasion to keep him in the campaign spotlight, or share some uncomfortable real estate on the side of Joe Biden and the Justice Department.”
“If you’re Ron, you find yourself really in a really tough situation, because if you blast the DOJ and you blast Jack Smith and Biden, you’re essentially defending Trump and admitting Trump was right,” one MAGA-aligned Republican strategist tells Rolling Stone. “If you condemn him, there’s no lane for you running on that. And then silence is an equally bad option because folks notice you not saying anything.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politi...mp-pardon-indictment-ron-desantis-1234772787/
Interesting cause in time all of them, minus perhaps Christie, will come out and give Trump exactly what he wants, even if Trump were found guilty, in the end, they are all gutless and afraid of him
“Trump’s demand advances two goals: The first is to protect himself from legal consequences if he loses both the GOP primary and his federal court case. But given that Trump is telling allies he’ll trounce DeSantis and all other primary challengers, the demand for a pardon pledge appears to be more of a political move. The question itself offers a trap for any Republican who tries to engage with it: Either side with Trump and use the occasion to keep him in the campaign spotlight, or share some uncomfortable real estate on the side of Joe Biden and the Justice Department.”
“If you’re Ron, you find yourself really in a really tough situation, because if you blast the DOJ and you blast Jack Smith and Biden, you’re essentially defending Trump and admitting Trump was right,” one MAGA-aligned Republican strategist tells Rolling Stone. “If you condemn him, there’s no lane for you running on that. And then silence is an equally bad option because folks notice you not saying anything.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politi...mp-pardon-indictment-ron-desantis-1234772787/
Interesting cause in time all of them, minus perhaps Christie, will come out and give Trump exactly what he wants, even if Trump were found guilty, in the end, they are all gutless and afraid of him
