Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe called out Sarah Palin for essentially proposing extortion over prosecuting Trump with her threat of "civil war" on Newsmax the previous day. CNN's Dana Bash asked McCabe what he thought of the interview, and the "growing number of Republicans are starting to allude to" the "question of potential violence."
MCCABE: It's outrageous. I mean, to have political leaders, and she is certainly one, use language that validates and seems to permit -- creates a permissive structure around this idea of political violence, it's absolutely irresponsible. It's dangerous. She knows better. I don't know what her calculation is for saying things like this, whether it's just a kind of a desperate shot at attention or relevance, who knows. But, it's --
BASH: The words matter.
MCCABE: It -- they do matter. And what she is proposing is essentially extortion. Right? You don't make decisions to not go forward with a valid prosecution with an indictment that's been returned by citizens who serve on a grand jury simply because you're afraid that the supporters of the person who you're indicting might cause a riot. That's the end of the rule of law, and that's not accepted.
Words do matter, but this is nothing new for Republicans, and it's been obvious for some time now that none of them care about the rule of law when it comes to keeping themselves and their party in power. Yes, it is extortion, and Palin isn't the only one pushing this dangerous rhetoric, and the House Republicans are just as dangerous with the lengths they're willing to go to in order to defend Dear Leader Trump.
