Race and the Indictment

 As the Blog title suggests, Race is never NOT a part of things in our society, so I take a moment to point out the race angle in the news of former President Trump's indictments on charges related to false claims of election fraud and unlawful attempts to subvert the will of the voters and remain in power.

1) Gini Thomas, white wife of Black U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, may well be "co-conspirator #6" as labelled in the indictment. The identity of the first five unnamed co-conspirators is fairly clear. The identity of #6 has became DC's favorite parlor game. Thomas fits the description of "political consultant" and is known to have been involved in efforts in Arizona to get the second set of "fake" electors loyal to Trump approved by state legislators there. So, what does that have to do with race? She's white, he's Black, he's anti-Affirmative Action, she preposterously claims that she never discusses her far-right-wing political activism with her husband. 'Nuff said.

2) Trump challenger Fla. governor Ron DeSantis reacted to the indictment by claiming that there is no way Trump can get a fair trial in the "swamp" of Washington, DC and its federal courts. "Washington, DC is a "swamp" and it is unfair to have to stand trial before a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality" https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-gop-challengers-have-very-different-reactions-jan-6-indictment-1816815

It just "so happens" that the District of Columbia is the ONLY state or territory in the continental United States where the majority of the population is African-American. Swamps are known to by stinky and sweaty and to be populated by slimy snakes, rats, alligators, snapping turtles, spiders, and the like. Connect the dots.

3) The reactions of the three African-American candidates for the GOP nominations: Based on the Newsweek link above, SC Sen. Tim Scott, the one of the 3 garnering the most attention and support, followed the Trump line of condemning the indictment as evidence of DOJ being "weaponized" to go after Biden's opponents. Former TX Rep. Will Hurd, on the other hand, was very anti-Trump in his reaction, condemning the former president's attempts to overturn the election and remain in power. The third Black candidate, talk radio host Larry Elder, said “We've seen a pattern of partisan prosecution and this is another example.” https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-candidates-lawmakers-react-to-trump-indictment/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20reaffirms%20the%20need%20for,office%20and%20end%20his%20campaign.%E2%80%9D&text=Other%20candidates%2C%20including%20Vivek%20Ramaswamy,and%20this%20is%20another%20example.%E2%80%9D

4) The judge that the trial has been assigned to, Tanya Chutkan, is Black. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said today on his podcast that "Judge Chutkan was appointed to the DC District Court by Barack Obama, and she has a reputation for being far left, even by DC District Court standards" https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-trump-jan-6-judge-tanya-chutkan-bias-confirmation-2023-8

So we have objection to the random draw of a Black woman judge, mentioning that she was appointed by our only Black president, and once again bringing up, like DeSantis did, DC as if our majority-Black nation's capital is hell on earth.