It seems that Michael Cohen, former lawyer to former President Donald Trump, has figured out the popular political tactic: always blame your enemy for what you do.
During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Cohen argued that if Trump wins the presidential election, “people will fly out windows” or be thrown in jail for opposing the former president, similar to what happens under authoritarian regimes like Russia.
State-sponsored news like in Russia and their Pravda channel, which means truth, which is ironic, right? All of that will disappear under a Donald Trump administration. Why? Because he doesn’t want to hear anything negative about himself. The fact that you have this TV show, the fact that you have the ability to speak truth to power, all of that will disappear if this man actually becomes president.
Cohen mentioned Republicans who have criticized Trump in the past but now support him. He claimed that these individuals “believe that if Donald Trump wins and they stand shoulder to shoulder with him, they will have unlimited power, which would of course give them the ability to have unlimited resources and assets.”
“It’s all about him, not his children, not his family, it’s all about him,” the disgraced lawyer ranted.
He concluded his tirade by claiming that Republicans “think they can join him in the hope that it will get them into power, whether it’s through money, connections or whatever. That’s not how it works.”
Cohen added: “He won’t let that happen, and once you get too big for your own good, just like Putin, people will fly out the windows and end up in gulags. As Donald always says, send them to Guantanamo Bay, send them to Guantanamo Bay.”
Lawyer Michael Cohen claims that America would become more like Russia if Trump wins the election.
“The fact that you have this television show, the fact that you have the ability to speak truth to power, all of that disappears if this man actually becomes president.” pic.twitter.com/aTs0MwLW6H
– Jeff Charles, terrible libertarian pundit🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) June 8, 2024
If the term “distraction” were a person, it would be Michael Cohen, who is clearly campaigning for President Joe Biden. Ironically, the party he wants to see win the election has already weaponized the government against political opponents.
The Democrats are currently trying to impeach Trump on a number of charges, having managed to secure a conviction in the Manhattan white-collar fraud trial. Their goal is to influence the outcome of the upcoming election by making the former president less attractive to voters. They seem to believe that by making him a convicted felon, they will scare people away and get them to support Biden.
Initial signs suggest that this strategy has not worked so far. Shortly after the conviction was announced, donations began flowing into Trump’s coffers and those of the Republican National Committee.
But it’s not just about Trump. The Biden administration has pushed social media companies to censor voices on digital platforms that express opinions that conflict with those of Democrats.
Now it appears that the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and others back again:
Key federal agencies have resumed talks with social media companies about removing disinformation from their sites ahead of November’s presidential election, a significant reversal after the Biden administration froze communications with social platforms for months while a First Amendment case was pending before the Supreme Court, a senior senator said Monday.
Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters in a briefing at the RSA conference that agencies had resumed talks with social media companies while the Supreme Court heard arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, a case that began last July in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case was fueled by allegations that federal agencies such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency forced platforms to remove content related to vaccine safety and the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether authorities are allowed to stay in touch with social media companies to spread potential disinformation. Missouri’s then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed the lawsuit on the grounds that the Biden administration had violated online free speech rights to suppress politically conservative voices.
Maybe people like Cohen, who think they can scare Biden into a second term, should take a closer look at the party they support if they really care about authoritarianism.
