A headline in today’s New York Post: “AOC worries Donald Trump would throw her in jail if he wins presidency: ‘He’s out of his mind.’” We are seeing a lot of this kind of talk from Democrats: if Trump wins, he will jail his political opponents, and it will be the end of our democracy!
On one level, this is idiotic. The president has no power to throw anyone in jail. At the same time, one is tempted to say: gosh, where would he get that idea? Because the Democratic Party has spent the last three years bringing one bogus criminal prosecution after another, trying to imprison Trump. So the Democrats obviously are projecting.
Still, in my opinion, if Trump wins in November he would be remiss if he didn’t give the Democrats a taste of their own medicine. Does this mean “throwing in jail” annoying libs like Ocasio-Cortez? Of course not. To my knowledge, she hasn’t done anything illegal. Stupidity is not a crime. On the other hand, there is a great deal of evidence that Joe Biden has taken upwards of $20 million in bribes from foreign powers and interests. If Trump wins, his Attorney General should immediately bring criminal charges against Biden on whatever is still permitted by the statute of limitations.
As for the other Democrats, they likely are secure against prosecution, since what they have done is a disgrace, but not a crime. But if I am overlooking criminal acts on the part of some Democrats, Trump and his administration should not forgo the opportunity to bring charges wherever they are plausible (not idiotic like the Democrats’ New York and Georgia prosecutions). Brute force is the only thing the Democrats understand, and showing that two can play the criminal prosecution game is the only way to deter Democrats from doing it in the future.
