Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

When, in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, Comrade Trump recently launched the current hit Republican diatribe featured in tonight's meme, my mind immediately went to two things: 1) The usual mangling of the English language by a profoundly uneducated "president," and 2) The horrific case of The Central Park Five from 1989 and his role in the ugliness surrounding it.

For those who don't remember, the Central Park Five case centered around the vicious beating, rape and attempted murder of a 28-year-old white female jogger in New York's Central Park. Four African-American teens and one Latino teen were arrested and charged. The case got nationwide headlines and things got even uglier than one could expect. Leading the charge was then real estate magnate Donald Trump who spent $85,000 dollars on full page ads that called for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York City's four major daily newspapers. In his full page ad, Trump said, among other things:

Mayor Koch says that hate and rancor should be removed from our streets. I do not think so. I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They should be forced to suffer... Yes, Mayor Koch, I want to hate these muggers and murderers and I always will. How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? Criminals must be told that their CIVIL LIBERTIES END WHEN AN ATTACK ON OUR SAFETY BEGINS!

Shortly after, in an interview with Larry King on CNN, Trump doubled down on his lust for hate and his total contempt for the American Constitution, saying:

The problem with our society is the victim has absolutely no rights and the criminal has unbelievable rights... maybe hate is what we need if we're gonna get something done.

The FBI did DNA tests of the 5 suspects and the victim and no matches were made. The DA told the media that the tests were "inconclusive." The Central Park Five were found guilty, twice. The five teens went to jail and served sentences varying from 6 to 13 years. Fortunately, if there is much of a fortunately in the case, Trump's call for the death penalty was not heeded. In 2002, the real rapist confessed. His DNA matched, he provided details of the crime that only he could possibly know, and the Central Park Five were set free. To this day, now President Trump insists that the Central Park Five are guilty. In his Republican mind, of course they are. They're, well... you know. He has also publicly insisted that the settlements the Central Park 5 have received are a "disgrace."

The irony of the juxtaposition of Comrade Trump's recent statement that has become a near mantra to republicans this week, and the words of his racist hate-mongering actions in 1989, is of course totally disregarded by Republicans; and the kind of blatant racism exhibited by Trump in 1989 is obviously a big part of Trump's current appeal to Republicans.