President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican accomplices relentlessly attacked the rule of law, a basic foundation of our Constitutional Democracy. Mr. Trump argued, without any evidence, that the Justice System is already politicized because of all the criminal charges brought against him and his conviction on 34 felony counts. In fact, the Justice Department indicted at least seven Democrats, including President Biden’s son. If the Justice Department were politicized, as Mr. Trump claims, none of these prosecutions would have occurred. In fact, the Justice Department filed charges against these people, including Mr. Trump, because they had evidence of criminal activity sufficient to present in a court of law.
Going after political enemies without evidence, only because they are perceived as opponents, would politicize and weaponize the Department of Justice. Doing so would undermine the rule of law and our Constitutional Democracy. Mr. Trump nominated Matt Gaetz as Attorney General despite the fact that Gaetz’s only qualification is his loyalty to Donald Trump. It is Mr. Trump’s intention to politicize and weaponize the Department of Justice, thus undermining the Rule of Law and our Constitutional Democracy.
Mr. Trump’s other nominees – Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, and Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services – also have no experience and no expertise in those departments. Replacing knowledgeable experts with complete novices and, worse, political sycophants undermines the effectiveness of those agencies and puts national security in jeopardy, as well as the health and welfare of the nation. In fact, this is a recipe for failure. But that was a campaign promise of Mr. Trump: to destroy the deep state. Even though that “deep state” was developed to keep Americans safe, healthy, and prosperous.
Undermining the rule of law, our Constitutional Democracy, the security of the nation, and the health and welfare of the United States seems to be the goal of Mr. Trump’s administration.
