QOTD -- Staging Ground

 

"... This is a staging ground. This is a normalization of troops being deployed to do what they should not be asked to do, what they’re not equipped to do, and what violates the Constitution and laws.

"And why is he doing it? He’s doing it for the same reason he had that stupid birthday parade. He’s doing it, because he really likes the idea of being a dictator. He likes the idea of destroying our legal system. He likes the idea of eliminating the courts and taking away individual rights.

"I mean, look what he’s doing, talking about people who are unhoused as if they’re criminals. They’re not criminals. They need a place to sleep. They need food. You know? Last time I checked the Bible, it said, Take everything you have and give it to the poor. It didn’t say. Steal everything you can from the poor and lock them up. And that’s what he’s doing here.

"This is a profoundly un-American attempt to exercise power in ways that are illegal, to scare big cities, and to go after Democratic cities that are diverse, to serve his racist, fascist agenda. I’m sorry to put it out so plain, but that is what this is, and we all have to stand up to it..." -- Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, in an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night.  Krasner was responding to the dictatorial actions of the Malignant Fascist in deploying National Guard troops and federalizing the local police in Washington, DC, on the spurious grounds of a crime wave, while criminalizing and rousting the homeless.  Yes, he loves the idea of being a dictator.  But, in the near term, the Malignant Fascist's peremptory actions must be seen for what they are:  increasingly desperate attempts to draw attention away from the Epstein files coverup and bad economic numbers.