Rachel Maddow urges people to prepare for ‘panic’ when Trump ‘inevitably’ gets sent to prison

Looking at the latest events of Donald Trumpthe ongoing criminal trial in New York, Rachel Maddow used it to look ahead to this year’s election, offering viewers some optimism about things, despite warnings that “now is not the time to check.”

Maddow argued that Trump has signaled that he is part of the global anti-democracy, pro-authoritarian movement, but that this “should put some steel in our backs” because it gives us a clear picture of the direction how things are going here. Maddow also said, based on events in court, that Trump would “inevitably” end up in prison and that people should prepare for a “panic” when that happens.

What motivated this series of questions is that on Monday, the judge Juan Merchan one again held Trump in contempt of court, this time for defaming jurors during an April 25 interview on the right-wing cable channel Real America’s Voice. This “raised the specter of fear for the safety of jurors and their loved ones,” Merchan said in part.

Explaining that Trump’s actions constitute “a direct attack on the rule of law,” Merchan fined him $1,000 (the pathetic maximum amount allowed under state law). But the judge also suggested that if Trump continues to violate court orders, he could order the disgraced ex-president to be jailed. “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail, but at the end of the day, I have a job to do,” Merchan said.

It is unclear whether Merchan will actually carry out this threat. The observers have emphasized several times how Trump is now getting away with behavior that anyone else would have been imprisoned for long ago. But Maddow told viewers she thinks it’s very likely it will happen soon.

“There is a reason why the damage to the rule of law in our country is the damage to democracy in our country, which we have already begun to live with. There’s a reason this coincides with a rise in authoritarianism around the world. And that’s because we, as a country, are not immune to the same, you know, pro-authoritarian and anti-democratic winds that are currently blowing across Europe and throughout the rest of the world,” Maddow said.

“Our democracy is deadly, as every other democracy in history has ever been,” Maddow said. But, she added, “be realistic about the harm that has already been done to us. Be clear-eyed that we can see some of the same dynamics at work in other countries. Take into account that the right, under Donald Trump, openly admires and imitates the way other countries have destroyed their democracies. Recognizing that they are willingly part of this project. For me, it’s energizing. I feel like this should at least put a little steel in our backs.

“Because that should tell us the role we need to play.” Right?” Maddow continued. “It should at least give us some concrete, concrete expectations about where this is all going to go and where our efforts are most needed to defend who we are. It should give us a clearer idea of ​​​​what we will have to defend and protect very soon, when the head of the branch of this movement in our country, very soon, almost inevitably, will again violate this court order and is, now we know that today ‘Today he will be sent to a prison cell.

“He will inevitably, very soon, be sentenced to imprisonment,” Maddow said. “Because we are on the edge of the precipice. And all the panic that’s going to happen is something we should expect. We must be ready, because we are on the brink of this next step and what has already been a very difficult time for us as a country. So be careful, now is not the time to check.

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