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Trump’s Statement Following His Acquittal Is Pure Fascism
Pushing forward his Big Lie and “great other” narratives, Trump is sending a clear message to his supporters: the fight continues.
We knew it would happen, yet we all nurtured a fool’s hope that, somehow, 17 Republican senators would find their spines and vote to convict Donald Trump of the crime he committed. Our better nature is to wish for the best, but we must always prepare for the worst, mainly when the GOP is in charge of the outcome. And the very worst just happened: Donald Trump has been acquitted. Again.
His family and sycophants are already parading, claiming that “#MAGA is ascending again” and celebrating the news as if it were a Superbowl victory. Ignoring a 57–43 vote to convict, the most bipartisan conviction in American history, they are framing the event as an absolute vindication. They “owned the libs” once more.
We know how they are going to twist this further, don’t we?
An acquittal means Trump is innocent, which his supporters will interpret as proof of his truthfulness and honesty. The Trump propaganda network will frame the impeachment, the trial, and the verdict as yet another attempt to silence Trump. They will use it to reinvigorate the Big Lie that the…
