Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) informed Breitbart News solely on Monday afternoon that the trial that Democrats are dragging former President Donald Trump by in New York is barely driving extra black voters away from Democrats — like President Joe Biden — and towards the Republican Party and Trump.
“There’s no doubt that when you see a nearly 75 percent increase in black men wanting to support President Trump, that’s not an insignificant increase,” Scott informed Breitbart News as Trump sat in a New York courtroom dealing with prison fees from District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “That is a gargantuan step in the right direction. Why? Because the Democrat stronghold on power is being broken by people who say, ‘This isn’t fair, and I want an America that is fair, and if they will do it to him, they will do it to me.’ So that’s what you’re seeing in the black community from black men, specifically, and, frankly, black women have moved from 2.5 or three percent to 11 percent. We’re talking about a 300 percent improvement. This is all the case not simply because of the desire for a strong, powerful, fair justice system, but when you ask the age-old question of, ‘Am I better off under four years of Trump or better off under four years of Biden?’ the answer is unequivocal economically better off under Trump. Our country was better off in terms of safety under Trump. Fentanyl that’s ravaging communities, better off under Trump. There’s no statistic that matters to people—black people, white people, Asians, Hispanics, women, or men—there’s no statistic where you’re not better off under Trump than under Biden.”
The first day of Trump’s trial was Monday, which started the method of jury choice. While no jurors had been chosen on Monday, at the very least 50 potential ones had been disqualified. Trump was in court docket in New York for the entire day on Monday to face the start of the method, and Scott—a doable vice presidential decide for the previous president—informed Breitbart News within the unique interview that this could not be taking place if Trump weren’t working for president. Scott additionally in contrast this to the justice system focusing on black males due to the colour of their pores and skin.
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court along with his authorized crew earlier than the beginning of jury choice on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/Pool Photo through AP)
“The simple way of understanding what’s happening is if he was not running for president, he would not be on trial,” Scott mentioned. “That’s why I started with election engineering. The facts of the case are, frankly—the expiration of this being a legal challenge—in and of itself a point we should all reflect upon. Who wants a justice system that chooses the person you go after based on whether you like them or not or based on what office they’re running for or not? Just imagine if this was not about the red party Republicans versus the blue party; imagine that this was a racial issue. Put a black person in the position where the legal system is coming after them because of the color of their skin and because of what they represent for hope in America. That, to me, is the easiest way to understand how disastrous this would be if not for the partiality woven into the system in New York, specifically against President Trump.”
Scott mentioned he thinks what Democrats are doing by encouraging this—Biden himself is clearly cheering it on—quantities to “election engineering.”
“I think of it as election engineering,” Scott mentioned. “They’re literally trying to engineer the results they want by keeping President Trump off the campaign trail. Frankly, it’s an assault on American justice.”
Scott added that he doesn’t consider Trump will get an neutral jury.
“No is the simple answer,” Scott mentioned when requested if the jury that’s finally chosen can be neutral. “I do not believe it. Frankly, I believe Bragg—the prosecutor—is not looking for a fair trial. He’s not looking for justice. He’s not looking for Lady Justice to maintain a blindfold. They have been prejudiced this entire time in this entire process; so the one thing you cannot expect is justice to be served.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (Michael M. Santiago/Getty)
Scott additionally ripped Judge Juan Merchan for refusing to rule on a movement by Trump’s attorneys that Trump ought to be allowed to attend his son, Barron Trump’s, highschool commencement in May somewhat than sitting within the New York courtroom.
“It’s unprecedented and unbelievable and undeniable that stopping a dad from going to his son’s graduation is simply wrong, ridiculous, and un-American,” Scott mentioned. “There’s no there-there, so the entire thing is, in my opinion, already in shambles, but think about what they’re trying to do. They’re not trying to have a fair and judicious process. They’re trying to punish him not through the legal system but by using the legal system as a sledgehammer against him and his family.”
Judge Juan Merchan (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Scott additionally dismissed a litany of multinational media outlet polls that counsel Trump’s numbers would drop upon a conviction, arguing that these polls are flawed.
“Number one, I think the next president of the United States—the forty-seventh president of the United States—is Donald Trump,” Scott mentioned when requested concerning the polls. “Number two, why is that the case? Because of the coalition of new voters coming to the party and the ability to maintain the voters we currently have. Then, number three, why is that the case? It’s because Americans are sick and tired of being sick and tired, and, therefore, the result of this absolute injustice system run by Joe Biden and used against political opponents will actually backfire on the Democratic Party and the elite establishment. This is part of it.”
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