"LIL" Chuckie Drops His ‘No One Is Above the Law’ Lie Pulls Tantrum After Donkey Mayor 'Arrrested by ICE'

[army judge]

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has spent years declaring "no one is above the law" just about every time Donald Trump or another Republican lands in legal trouble or behaves questionably.

But on Friday, when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested during a protest at an ICE facility, Schumer abandoned his script.

The New York Democrat posted on X, "Mayor Ras Baraka has been released, but he should never have been arrested by Trump to begin with."

ICE and Homeland Security officers arrested Baraka for allegedly trespassing after repeated warnings to leave the facility. Baraka disputed the details of his arrest as explained by Acting US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba.

Habba said Baraka ignored warnings to leave the facility. The mayor told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that Habba was wrong.

Schumer chimed in to portray the then-released mayor as some sort of a political prisoner.

Schumer's gripe was not about Baraka, or ICE, or Habba. It was about Trump. It was about selling the crisis story that every bad thing that happens is the fault of far-right authoritarianism.

But by tying the arrest directly to the Republican in the White House, Schumer didn't just go after his favorite political target. He undercut the credibility of the men and women on the ground Friday.

Schumer declared Baraka's arrest unjustified, despite not being present and a well-documented history of declaring, "No one is above the law."

Trump wasn't in Newark, either. He (presumably) didn't directly order the arrest. Rank and file ICE and Homeland Security officers should be given the benefit of the doubt that they did their jobs.

Baraka claims he wasn't trespassing. DHS says he was. That's a separate issue. This is about consistency.

You can't scream rule of law every time a Republican is served a subpoena or is accused of overreach, then turn around and imply cops are sycophantic thugs when a Democrat ends up catching a trespassing case.

Schumer isn't defending justice, he is playing politics for a base that, at the moment, has lost its patience with him. He is also undermining federal officers and institutions in the process.

Democrats lost control of the government last November when voters selected Trump at the polls over Schumer's one-time Senate colleague, former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Suddenly, towering federal institutions such as DHS, which Democrats recently said must be trusted, are merely tentacles of Trumpism.

This is not about defending Trump or commenting on whether Baraka crossed a line. It's about calling out a double standard.

If Democrats want to shape immigration enforcement, they are welcome to win the next election to set the rules.

Schumer and others throwing tantrums over Friday's events don't get to drop the script they have used in recent years because it's suddenly politically convenient.

There are innumerable and valid threats to democracy. Two of them are selective outrage and suggesting that federal cops in New Jersey are Trump's own personal Gestapo.

Poster's footnote: AMEN!

The post Chuck Schumer Drops His 'No One Is Above the Law' Script in Tantrum After Dem Mayor is 'Arrrested by Trump' first appeared on Mediaite.

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[Tax Counsel]

It's long been the case that at demonstrations some of the crowd crosses the line and does something either disruptive or illegal. So if Mayor Baraka refused to obey lawful orders by law enforcement he ought to face the treatment as everyone else. I can't comment on whether the arrest violated the Mayor's rights or whether the charges against him have merit. I wasn't there to see it and I've not yet heard what evidence the government will offer if it decides to go forward and prosecute. Most protestors who are arrested are released later without charges or accept an offer of a minor fine as the penalty for straying out of bounds. It is also not unusual, regardless of the person sitting in the oval office, governor's mansion, or mayor's office for some cops to get carried away at events like demonstrations and end up going too far and violate the rights of protesters. It's also true, however, that some politicans have used the power of their office to silence or punish opponents. Which is it this time? I want to wait to see all the evidence that comes out before judging who was in the wrong on this one.

Politically, though, Trump set himself up for accusations of using law enforcement to settle political scores because during his campaign he often made remarks about going after political opponents simply because they opposed him. So what does Trump expect people to think when federal law enforcement arrests or investigates his opponents? If he didn't want allegations of running his own personal KGB like force he should have kept his mouth shut about going after opponents. I've said it here before, Trump is often his own worst enemy. The man just can't avoid saying any thought that comes into his head. If he could learn to think about what the possible reactions are going to be before he opens his mouth he'd be a lot better off.

 

[Redemptionman]

The Republicans are not the saviors and never were, Ask Ole Greg Abbott if he could get his structured PI settlement today and that would be a big FAT HAHAHA NO.

This has become a big game of miss direction and blame shaming while they reduce peoples rights every day. They do it on both sides and neither have to be held accountable. The mid terms are going to be huge swing towards the Donkey side.

 

[army judge]

The Republicans are not the saviors and never were, Ask Ole Greg Abbott if he could get his structured PI settlement today and that would be a big FAT HAHAHA NO.

A lawsuit outcome depends on THREE things, competent legal representation, the FACTS of the matter, and a jury (perhaps jurist) convinced by your attorney's convincing, compelling advocacy for justice and/or recompense.

The mid terms are going to be huge swing towards the Donkey side.

Let's see if your prediction is correct, or simply more nonsensical drivel.

The big reveal won't be known for many more moons!

Time marches on, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock!

 

[Redemptionman]

A lawsuit outcome depends on THREE things, competent legal representation, the FACTS of the matter, and a jury (perhaps jurist) convinced by your attorney's convincing, compelling advocacy for justice and/or recompense.



Let's see if your prediction is correct, or simply more nonsensical drivel.

The big reveal won't be known for many more moons!

Time marches on, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock!

Well with caps and actual billing there is no way ole Abbott could have gotten that much especially with most Texas Hospitals being capped at $250k human life liability. Also, Medicaid and Medicare get first dibs at that piece of the carrot. Regardless of how good you are at litigation. You can not escape injury caps, policy limits and third party subrogation. That BIG ole PIE gets smaller and smaller everyday.

It is every man or woman for themselves these days mate.

 

[army judge]

It is every man or woman for themselves these days mate.

That's precisely what we need.

Each one taking care of himself/herself.

As an adult, YOU are responsible for yourself.

You are not your neighbor's keeper, to paraphrase Cain's response to God Almighty.