Today, I react to Donald Trump being incited in Georgia for 13 criminal counts centered on his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. This brings the total charges against the former president to 91 in four different districts. I break down why this is not normal, and must be defeated at the ballot box.
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Steve, I address you and your infinite wisdom...in confronting the way that our media...and I mean every outlet...insists on flashing not one but ten Trump images with every story that involves him and of course, at this point, it is nearly half the news time. I've been an NBC news producer. I know you have to place images with audio but showing so many images of this man subliminally plants him gloriously in the minds of too many. We are thus doing what he hopes we will do. Give him airtime. Give him space in the collective mind. Show one image of him per story...no problem...then show images of ..well, anything else. Has no one realized that blasting so many images of him...no matter how venal or orange he looks....is doing exactly what he hopes for. He raises money with every indictment. Does the impartial news media have to help keep him visually front and center. Visuals have power...that audio does not. I would think my media colleagues would understand that!
The bottom line: "Of the People, By the People, For the People"; Nobody is above the law in America. Thank you Steve Schmidt for so clearly explaining the gravity of the unprecedented waters we're in and for your 24/7 relentless devotion to protecting our Democracy: We The People!
Heather Cox Richardson 8/14/23: "Trump has called the case against him in Georgia partisan and launched a series of attacks on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Today, Willis told a reporter who asked about Trump’s accusations of partisanship: “I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. That's how decisions are made in every case. To date, this office has indicted, since I’ve been sitting as the district attorney, over 12,000 cases. This is the eleventh RICO indictment. We follow the same process. We look at the facts. We look at the law. And we bring charges."