Funny how so many see Smith's report, and it's mention of "timeliness", as an indictment of Garland [View all]

Rather than of the delay and obstruction by the Roberts court.

Haters gonna hate, and hate and scapegoating are so much easier, and emotionally satisfying, than wrestling with facts and using critical thinking…

In other news, the report also lays out Smith’s reasoning in declining to prosecute Trump for the crime of Insurrection. This means, even if Trump had gone to trial before the election, and been convicted of all charges, he could still have been elected and served as president.

To reiterate: convictions on these charges would not have disqualified Trump from running for or holding the office of president under the 14th amendment .

There is no credible evidence that convictions prior to the election would have prevented Trump from being elected- it’s all speculation and conjecture (and frankly, fantasy).

On the contrary, As we saw on election day, 70+ million Americans didn’t give a flying fuck if Trump was a convicted felon, adjudicated sexual offender, or tried to overturn an election. He wasn’t an old man with a stutter, and he sure as hell wasn’t an intelligent Black/Asian woman, and for many, that’s all that mattered.

In addition, millions of Americans who voted for Biden in 2020 stayed home, either in misguided protest or saying in effect “we’re tired of all of this shit”.

And, of course, none of the above is Merrick Garland’s fault

I predict Smith’s report will sink like a stone and disappear from the media’s radar and the general public’s consciousness within 48 hours, possibly even just 24 hours. With Hegseth’s and others’ confirmation hearings, inauguration hoopla (did you hear Carrie Underwood will sing? ), and, what about Greenland? there are just too many other shiny objects to distract folks from spending their very valuable attention on this report.

That is the sad state of America these days.

And that’s not Merrick Garland’s fault either.