'Apocalyptic' Trump allies want no 'decency or restraint' in going after Democrats: report

Republicans are out for blood over former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction for falsification of business records in New York — and are plotting revenge fantasies.

According to The New York Times, "Within hours of a jury finding Mr. Trump guilty last week, the anger congealed into demands for action. Since then, prominent G.O.P. leaders in and out of government have demanded that elected Republicans use every available instrument of power against Democrats, including targeted investigations and prosecutions. The intensity of anger and open desire for using the criminal justice system against Democrats after the verdict surpasses anything seen before in Mr. Trump’s tumultuous years in national politics."

One of the most prominent recent examples is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) demanding that all federal funding cease for the state of New York — but that is only the beginning.

Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story.

Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller laid out his vision clearly: “Is every House committee controlled by Republicans using its subpoena power in every way it needs to right now?. Is every Republican D.A. starting every investigation they need to right now? Every facet of Republican Party politics and power has to be used right now to go toe-to-toe with Marxism and beat these Communists.”

ALSO READ: 19 fabulously worthless things Trump will give you for your money

Steve Bannon, another Trump associate, had a similar attitude: “There are dozens of ambitious backbencher state attorneys general and district attorneys who need to ‘seize the day’ and own this moment in history.”

The GOP, said the report, is pursuing an "apocalyptic" message — and "there is no longer any room, they argue, for weaklings who fetishize decency and restraint."

Among their ideas are to prosecute Trump's enemies on fabricated charges, an idea pushed by Bannon, or have Republican lawyers sue the prosecutors going after Trump for perceived constitutional violations, and seek monetary damages from them, an idea pushed by former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who is currently under indictment for the 2020 election plot in Georgia.

Should Trump be re-elected, he may have unprecedented power to pursue the GOP's revenge schemes if he moves forward with the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 plan, which calls for replacing the entire civil service system with an army of Republican loyalists and implementing extreme Christian nationalism in federal law.

Recommended Links: