time to stem this madness

 

Over the weekend Donald Trump predicted that he is going to be arrested on Tuesday.  He requested (via social media) that the public please protest on his behalf.

reader comments on the New York Times article:

Kathleen Warnock

New York City

I think that here in NYC, there will be more celebration than protest.  The former president was known here for a long time as someone who cheated his workers and creditors, and treated people badly.  If people who want to disrupt things and violently protest decide to come to New York City, they won't be welcomed.

Michael

Brooklyn, New York

I can't wait.  If it does happen, I will be faced with a major life decision:  Either a bottle of Veuve Cliquot or Prosecco.

Paul Jacobs

Berkeley

The arrest of DJT?  The sooner the better and if his followers do anything more than protest peacefully arrest them as well.  The time to stem this madness is long overdue.

Richard Weber

Placitas, New Mexico

Isn't inciting protests to interfere with due process just another act of Obstruction of Justice?

A.E. Wilburn

Houston, Texas

Trump continues to enthusiastically and publicly demonstrate his unfitness for any public office.  It's a game he enjoys immensely and that may be keeping him alive.

SAO

Amherst, Massachusetts

Does he just wake up and think to himself, 'I haven't gotten enough attention lately, so I think I'll incite another riot'?

Lou Good

Page, Arizona

Maybe they will invade Trump Tower and treat it as they did the Capitol.  Harmless tourists, right?

Alex

New York

As excited as I am to see Trump held accountable (assuming it actually happens), please remember that this won't fix any of the underlying issues that gave rise to his power in the first place.

Jim Steinberg

Fresno, California

Desperate man.  Prediction:  he will go down loudly.

gep

St. Paul, Minnesota

Two and a half years after he left office in disgrace, it's still Trump, all day, every day, all the time, utterly inescapable.  

Never forget that Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, had a golden opportunity to put this guy out of commission politically once and for all and they completely and totally whiffed it.  

        In typical Republican fashion, they refused to take responsibility and have left it to the criminal justice system to do what they were too cowardly to do in the first place.  We are paying and will continue to pay for their epic mistake and cowardice for years to come.

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