Staff Reports
The Republican National Convention is abuzz in Milwaukee, but the conversation isn’t about retribution. Imagine that! Donald Trump and his inner circle have faced a legal onslaught that would make even the most hardened criminals blush. Yet, the delegates at the GOP convention aren’t dreaming of a payback Justice Department if Trump returns to the Oval Office.
Republicans are demanding justice and transparency, claiming an arsenal of legal attacks was unleashed on Trump, his allies, and supporters by a government as partisan as a donkey at a Blue Party rally. While cries for accountability echo through the convention halls, there’s surprisingly no hunger for a tit-for-tat witch hunt.
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Take Kelly Arnold from Wichita, Kansas, for instance. Arnold believes that a future Trump administration should simply review untouched cases for credible charges—nothing more. America needs to move forward, Arnold insists, not wallow in the trench warfare tactics the Democrats have been honing.
Louisiana’s state Rep. Mike Bayham echoed this sentiment, making it clear that if a crime is there, it should be prosecuted by the book. No wild-goose chases, no partisan vendettas—a refreshing shift from the parade of Democratic passion plays we’ve all grown numb to.
The litany of legal woes Trump and co. have faced is longer than a CVS receipt. The list includes Russian meddling in 2016, dual impeachments (for drama’s sake), and imprisonment of campaign and administration stalwarts. Throw in the prosecution of hundreds tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol ruckus, and you’ve got a bleak highlight reel.
Peter Navarro, fresh from an all-expenses-paid federal prison stint, took the stage at the convention to issue a dire warning: If the Democrats hold Washington, Republicans could face the same fate. Navarro’s jail term, stemming from his refusal to testify to the House Jan. 6 committee, underscores his point. The Biden DOJ didn’t spare the rod or the prison cell.
Trump himself was convicted in May on 34 felonious counts related to business records—a small piece in the puzzle of his multi-jurisdictional legal maze. And in true Trump fashion, he’s declared he would be fully justified in using the same playbook against his adversaries, though he tacitly agrees revenge does eat into one’s day.
North Carolina’s state Sen. Ralph Hise optimistically asserted that a Trump-led DOJ would finally put an end to the criminalization of political opponents. The American electorate, Hise hopes, will send a clear message that this vendetta-style politics should be as extinct as disco ball helmets.
