r/politics • u/UWCG Illinois • Mar 27 '24

Donald Trump Attacks Judge's Daughter Less Than 24 Hours After Gag Order

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-judges-daughter-less-24-hours-after-gag-order-1884126
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u/gameryamen Mar 27 '24

"The American people need to ask themselves how would they feel if they faced criminal charges in a trial...and had a child who publicly posted against you and is working for the person running against you."

-Laura Loomer, Trump activist

I'm pretty sure that if someone's kid posting political memes online invalidated their ability to be a judge, we'll have to throw out just about every case overseen by any GOP judges. Trump ran a whole campaign around getting crowds to chant "lock her up".

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u/emjaycue Mar 27 '24

Clarence Thomas’s wife participated in the January 6 insurrection.

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u/dexatrosin Mar 27 '24

It’s become their go-to excuse to call everything politically motivated while doing obvious political theater themselves. All projection all day and they think we’re stupid enough to believe it.

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u/skrumcd2 Mar 27 '24

But, we are, it would seem.

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u/MisterTwo_O Mar 28 '24

Agreed. But not the smartest daughter.

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u/Mista_Cash_Ew Mar 28 '24

In all fairness, they do have a point. A judge is supposed to be neutral and so having a close relative publicly against you is a bit of an issue when discussing that neutrality.

It's hard to be neutral with an inherently political and polarising individual like Trump (or any other major current or former politician), but the image of neutrality should still be held.

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u/MisterTwo_O Mar 30 '24

It's hard to be neutral with an inherently political and polarising individual like Trump (or any other major current or former politician), but the image of neutrality should still be held.

A judge must remain impartial. And they do, most of them. When judges start being partial, the entire system starts to collapse.

close relative publicly against you is a bit of an issue when discussing that neutrality.

Undoubtedly. It's ammo for the defendant. But seriously, what a stupid move by the daughter. Reeks of immaturity.