Trump Can't Stop Digging His Own Grave
If he thinks his base will save him — he's dumber than he looks
Before getting to the point of this story, let's take a moment to celebrate the latest Pence attempt to ingratiate himself with "thinking" Republicans.
When he spoke at the Gridiron Club dinner recently, Pence once again claimed Trump was "wrong" and that he (Pence) "had no right" to overturn the 2020 election. As usual, the cowardice of Mike Pence was on full display.
"The Gridiron is not televised or photographed — which limits its political impact for cable hosts who want to impale Pence with his own words."
Not one to hold back when there are no consequences for his actions, Pence went so far as to say that history would hold Trump accountable. I guess that's his way of saying he (Pence) won't.
It's hard to imagine how history will do the job of sworn testimony, but here we are. Pence is doing everything he can to avoid complying with the grand jury subpoena, so perhaps he thinks history can make up for his failure. (History should also hold Pence accountable for failing to testify, but if history doesn't do it, the rest of us should.)
Still, despite Pence's knack for speaking his rebellious words only in the safest environments, the disgraced twice-impeached ex-president heard him. And once again, the former guy did what he always does: He repeated his criminal confession, providing even more evidence for the special counsel, Jack Smith, to take Trump down.
Trump can't do the math
For someone whose followers call him a "genius," Trump has an odd habit of digging his own grave. We have yet to push him in, but we appear to be getting close.
After Trump heard about Pence's comments at the Gridiron dinner, Trump jumped at the chance to repeat his lie that the election was stolen and Pence should have refused to certify.
“Had he sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn’t have had a problem with Jan. 6, so in many ways you can blame him for Jan. 6,” the former president said, referring to Pence’s refusal to reject the electoral college votes in Congress as Trump wanted him to do that day. — The Washington Post
It's not the first time (nor will it be the last) that Trump's idiotic comments became evidence against himself. When the defamation lawsuit one of his accusers brought against him for comments made during his presidency went nowhere, he repeated those same comments, publicly, after leaving office — when the shield his presidency had once provided no longer existed.
Surely, a "genius" would have known better.
Trump's base won't help him at trial
The "red meat" he loves to throw his base may offer protection in the mind of Donald Trump, but in the real world, his base won't help him. That's because before a jury is sworn in, there's a little thing called voir dire.
If a potential juror cannot persuade the court of their ability to be fair and impartial and to base their verdict on the evidence presented rather than an allegiance to the defendant, they don't get picked as jurors.
All the red meat in China won't help Trump in court. So while the rest of us eagerly await numerous indictments for everything from fraud to defamation to insurrection, we know that Trump will continue to prove the case against himself because he's just too stupid and undisciplined to do anything else. That much we can count on.