Threats to the Rule of Law
16th July 2024
One reason the Democrats are so panicky is that they fear they cannot count on Trump to defeat himself in the upcoming election—even more so now that images of a bloodied, defiant Republican candidate have been dominating news pages this week. But there is another narrative even more dangerous to the Democrats’ re-election story that needs airing. Biden and his administration have been far from blameless on key issues of public affairs. Indeed, their deeds are a far greater threat to democracy than Trump’s ill-chosen words. (Despite Trump’s improbable denial that he ever led chants of “lock her up” against Hillary Clinton, for instance, while in office Trump never sought to indict her or any other Democratic insider.)