Yet, even when weighed against this stunning record of #degeneracy, the pardoning by #Trump of his cop-beating foot soldiers represents the lowest moment of this presidency so far, because it was an act not only of naked #despotism but also of outlandish #hypocrisy. By pardoning these #criminals, he exposed a foundational #lie of #MAGA ideology: that it stands with the #police & as a guarantor of #law & order. The truth is the opposite.
Here are a few of the things #Trump has said since returning to office: He has referred to #immigrants as “garbage”; he has called a #female #reporter “piggy” & other #reporters “ugly,” “stupid,” “terrible,” & “nasty”; he has suggested that the murder of a Saudi #journalist by his country’s government was justified; he has labeled a sitting #governor “seriously retarded”; he has blamed the #murder of #RobReiner on the director’s anti-Trump politics; he has called #Democrats the party of “evil.”
Yet, even when weighed against this stunning record of #degeneracy, the pardoning by #Trump of his cop-beating foot soldiers represents the lowest moment of this presidency so far, because it was an act not only of naked #despotism but also of outlandish #hypocrisy. By pardoning these #criminals, he exposed a foundational #lie of #MAGA ideology: that it stands with the #police & as a guarantor of #law & order. The truth is the opposite.