trump because they to believe that they can be president. want to be president. there is the danger of donald trump deflecting delaying, acting as though this is all about the deep state. there s also the danger of republicans like ron desantis, and mike pence, acting as his backup singers, rather than as truth tellers. in fact, that s what they are doing. it s very typical, excuse me, it s very typical that instead of standing up for the rule of law, they too are nikki haley, and mike pence, are attacking the doj. and this is consistent with an authoritarian party that is enthralled to a cult later. there is something called and authoritarian bargain. that is when a leader like trump, who demands loyalty and it s highly corrupt, gets political elites to sign on to support him. once they do that they stick with him no matter what happens. i m telling you, no matter what happens. they are there and they do that because they become more and more complicit with his crimes.
nights. former president trump even recorded and released a rendition of the national anthem using these guys as, like, a backup choir. he then proceeded to play it onstage, hand on heart, in advance of his first major campaign rally in waco, texas, all of which is amazing on its face. but even more amazing when you realize who these backup singers actually are. the washington post identified some of the men in the video. we are not going to go through all of them. but just as a sampling, this is jonathan melas. he is awaiting trial. the u.s. attorney s office identifies jonathon melas as this man here in the video from
the washington post reports that they do that on most nights. former president trump even recorded and released a rendition of the national anthem using these guys as, like, a backup choir. he then proceeded to play it onstage, hand on heart, in advance of his first major campaign rally in waco, texas, all of which is amazing on its face. but even more amazing when you realize who these backup singers actually are. the washington post identified some of the men in the video. we are not going to go through all of them. but just as a sampling, this is jonathan melas. he is awaiting trial. the u.s. attorney s office identifies jonathon melas as this man here in the video from january 6th, where he is beating police officers with a stick.
his first campaign rally in texas. all of it amazing on its face, but even more amazing when you realize who these backup singers are. the washington post identified some of the men in the video. we re not going to go through all of them. but just a sampling this is jonathan melas. he s awaiting trial. they identify mellis as this man here from the video on january 6th where he s beating police officers with a stick. and this is the guy who appears to be leading the song ryan nichols also awaiting trial. here you can see him on january 6th as identified by the justice department assaulting police officers with a chemical spray. mr. nichols is also famous for this. i m telling you what i m hearing that pence. is that true? i m telling you if pence caved we re going to drag [ bleep ] through the streets.
bet midler sued a corporation and tom waits sued for doing satellite commercials that were intended to be interpreted as their voices, intended to be interpreted as theirvoices, even intended to be interpreted as their voices, even though they were unknown backup singers. the courts would rule the same way when it comes down to it, the question is, will it come down to it, will these things even get into court, is itjust like a lark amateurs will put up like a lark amateurs will put up and take time, and they won t have time to deal with them. we will see it in court at some point, that s for sure. as far as the platforms were concerned interesting to see the reaction, some very swift to pull the song others took quite some time? i to pull the song others took quite some time? quite some time? i kept checking quite some time? i kept checking back quite some time? i kept checking back during - quite some time? i kept| checking back during the quite some time? i kept - checking back