Half the country is enraged by what they feel is a system now overtly tilted against them.
There is little doubt that news of former President Donald Trump’s indictment and pending arraignment will be met with jubilation on the Left. The reality, however, is that the Left and the Right—the United States as a whole—will suffer the consequences of this blunder of historic proportions. New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to bring charges will be a moment that historians, and society more broadly, will look back upon as a societal turning point.
The immediate reaction to the first criminal indictment of a former U.S. president has largely focused on the legalities, with charges related to the hush money allegedly paid to former porn star Stormy Daniels. If this is true—and with the indictment still under seal, we don’t yet know—it makes the situation worse not merely for Alvin Bragg, but for the entire country.
The media has largely framed this story with a trope about how Bragg’s decision to prosecute shows that « no one is above the law. » This framing is false. The son of the sitting president, who has filmed himself committing what appear to be serious crimes, has apparently illegally owned a gun, and has allegedly taken enormous sums from Chinese Communist Party-tied companies, is not merely a free man—he is celebrated, shielded, and further enriched.
