Far right MAGA provocateurs have a sick idea to make this country explode
I’m pretty sure this is designed to spur massive street protests so that Trump can do what he wanted to do the first time: shoot protesters:
Prominent supporters of President Trump — led by podcaster Ben Shapiro — are fueling a major push to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white former Minnesota police officer convicted of killing George Floyd in 2020…
Shapiro, whose podcast episodes often break the Top 10 on Apple’s charts, launched the campaign early this month with a petition to convince Trump to issue the pardon. Shapiro has long dismissed the existence of systemic racism.
- Earlier this month, Trump said he hadn’t heard of the push to pardon Chauvin. Shapiro’s petition has now surpassed 50,000 signatures.
- Shapiro is launching a five-part docuseries titled “The Case for Derek Chauvin” that will start airing on his show Tuesday.
- Shapiro claims that Chauvin was unjustly convicted and that Floyd’s death was caused by underlying health issues and drug use.
Chauvin would not be released if Trump pardoned him because he was also convicted on state charges. Shapiro claims that Chauvin could be released earlier if he were pardoned on the federal charges because it would somehow show that the conviction was unjust.
This is why I think it’s a ruse to cause an explosive reaction so that Trump can bring the hammer down. There’s no other reason to do it.
I will not be surprised if Trump goes there. He is addled and drunk with power. Why wouldn’t he?