Post by the Scribe on Jan 13, 2024 19:49:14 GMT
Not saying whether he agreed to disagreed with the 14th Amendment challenges, Swalwell said the ballot box would determine Trump’s political fate.
The Hill
Swalwell argues Trump being treated ‘better’ than normal criminal defendants
www.yahoo.com/news/swalwell-argues-trump-being-treated-185153388.html
Tara Suter
Sat, January 13, 2024 at 11:51 AM MST·2 min read
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) took a swing at former President Trump Friday, arguing that despite his myriad of legal woes, the former president is being treated “better” than normal criminal defendants.
“Donald Trump is not being treated worse than any criminal defendant. “He is being treated, actually, better,” Swalwell said Friday in an interview with MSNBC’s Katie Zhang. “In fact, most defendants would be in custody and have their bail revoked if they acted the way that Donald Trump has acted.”
“In the last year, this tapestry of accountability has been stitched together from the criminal cases to the civil cases,” he added, referring to Trump’s various trials. “And it, I think, creates kind of this security blanket for our rule of law and, and for our democracy.
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“The the sweetest victory, the redemption for our democracy, is going to be when the American people — particularly in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona — show up and beat him at the ballot box,” the lawmaker told Zhang on “The Last Word.”
“That’s where we’re going to bury MAGAism,” he added, pointing to the Trump campaign’s “Make America Great Again” motto, and hitting Republicans for being a party that would “rather rule than govern.”
“That’s where we’re going to bury MAGAism,” he added, pointing to the Trump campaign’s “Make America Great Again” motto, and hitting Republicans for being a party that would “rather rule than govern.”
The Hill
Swalwell argues Trump being treated ‘better’ than normal criminal defendants
www.yahoo.com/news/swalwell-argues-trump-being-treated-185153388.html
Tara Suter
Sat, January 13, 2024 at 11:51 AM MST·2 min read
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) took a swing at former President Trump Friday, arguing that despite his myriad of legal woes, the former president is being treated “better” than normal criminal defendants.
“Donald Trump is not being treated worse than any criminal defendant. “He is being treated, actually, better,” Swalwell said Friday in an interview with MSNBC’s Katie Zhang. “In fact, most defendants would be in custody and have their bail revoked if they acted the way that Donald Trump has acted.”
“In the last year, this tapestry of accountability has been stitched together from the criminal cases to the civil cases,” he added, referring to Trump’s various trials. “And it, I think, creates kind of this security blanket for our rule of law and, and for our democracy.
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