Teri Kanefield: Republican Lawbreaking

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https://terikanefield.com/republican-lawbreaking/

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Part III: Motives

Why Trump and his Republican pals commit crimes.

Motive #1: They have no other means for achieving wealth.

If they play by the rules, they’ll lose. They’ll be poor. They’ll have no power. The Trumps never added value. They took advantage of situations—and they did so boldly. If any of the Trumps tried to earn money by adding value, they wouldn’t be able to do it. I doubt any of them could hold real jobs. Try to imagine Ivanka living in a tract house somewhere clipping coupons because her job doesn’t cover the expenses of raising children. I believe, for Donald Trump that would be a fate worse than death. It would undermine everything he thinks he is.

Cheating and scamming people is hardwired into Trump. That’s what he does. His supporters are cool with it. They even admire him.

Motive #2: They don’t think the laws should be there.

The laws Trump and the Republicans break were designed to create a multi-racial diverse democracy in which all people have an equal voice.

Last week I talked about the two views of American history. According to the progressive view, the founders started out with a lot of good ideas, but they left out a lot of people. The progressive view is that, as we’ve added rules for fairness we’ve included more people, and as we’ve done that, we’ve moved closer to the founding ideals.

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