GOP campaign consultant and co-founder of the Never-Trumper Lincoln Project, Rick Wilson, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to condemn Donald Trump for sending federal law enforcement to Democratic cities across the nation to round up protestors.
“The idea of constitutional fealty as an element of conservatism in this country, Republicanism in this country has been thrown out the window,” Wilson began. “Donald Trump is right now engaging in the deployment of paramilitary, heavily-armed forces into the streets of our country, not to engage in domestic law enforcement, but to engage in a political prank meant to fire up his base. This is a departure from constitutional conservativism, the scope of which can almost not be exaggerated. He is putting armed people into the streets at the orders of Bill Barr, who is acting like a third world interior minister because he is looking for a way to revive his political fortunes.”
He went on to say if former President Barack Obama had done what Trump is doing Republicans would be trying to impeach him all the time.
“Let me say this,” he continued. “If Obama deployed forces to any city in this country, there would be impeachment hearings 24/7 from Republicans in Congress. They say you either want these anarchists to burn down the courthouse or beat protesters — that’s a false choice. There’s ways to manage these problems, there’s ways to protect federal facilities. If people are engaged in violence or lawbreaking on either side of the equation, they need to be held accountable.”
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