Even if it does help him, which I am dubious of, the alternative is to say “Presidents and ex-presidents can get away with doing whatever they want.” Is that really the best thing for the country?
We can’t choose to do things or not do things based on “what will the 30% of Americans who are die hard Trump supporters think?” If we did that, we might as well just turn over all power to then and let them make our lives a living hell. (They certainly don’t worry about what we think.)
Prosecuting Trump for his crimes is the right thing to do. Nobody is above the law and Trump needs to face justice for his crimes. If he doesn’t, we’re just begging someone else to do the same thing, but be more successful at it.
There have been a lot of people saying that prosecuting Trump for crimes only helps him and never hurts him. I’m not sure that’s true.
Even if it does help him, which I am dubious of, the alternative is to say “Presidents and ex-presidents can get away with doing whatever they want.” Is that really the best thing for the country?
I think giving up on prosecuting him because it may help him would indicate a far greater forfeiture of USA’s democracy.
We can’t choose to do things or not do things based on “what will the 30% of Americans who are die hard Trump supporters think?” If we did that, we might as well just turn over all power to then and let them make our lives a living hell. (They certainly don’t worry about what we think.)
Prosecuting Trump for his crimes is the right thing to do. Nobody is above the law and Trump needs to face justice for his crimes. If he doesn’t, we’re just begging someone else to do the same thing, but be more successful at it.