By now, we have all come to recognize the telltale signs of liberal desperation and weakness of character.
Outside a courtroom in New York on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump repeatedly and rightly referred to New York Attorney General Letitia James as ācorrupt.ā
Strangely yet predictably, the liberal Democrat James, who is black, called these comments āRace-baiting.ā
James has sued Trump and the Trump Organization for fraud. But the case has no victims. No banks or insurers have accused the former president of defrauding them.
The attorney general, however, has claimed that Trump overvalued his assets.
Last week, Judge Arthur Engoron, a Democrat, collaborated with James by valuing Trumpās Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, at a comically low $18 million.
On Wednesday, Trump lashed out at his persecutors, especially James.
āSheās totally corrupt,ā Trump said.
āShe just wanted the publicity to run for governor, and then she failed running for governor. She had practically nothing in terms of votes. But she went after Trump because she was running for governor.ā
Trump then noted that James āgot the judgeā to assign that ridiculous $18 million valuation to Mar-a-Lago.
Finally, Trump bemoaned Jamesā obvious political motives and how they affected his ongoing campaign for president.
āIām ⦠stuck here and I canāt campaign. Iād rather be right now in Iowa. Iād rather be in New Hampshire or South Carolina or Ohio, or a lot of other places,ā he said.
āBut Iām stuck here because I have a corrupt attorney general that communicates with the in Washington to keep me nice and busy.ā
James responded with a pair of deranged yet predictable statements.
First, speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, James labeled Trumpās comments āoffensiveā and ābaseless.ā
But she went further.
āWhat they were were comments that unfortunately fomented violence, comments that I would describe as Race-baiting, comments unfortunately that to the bottom of our humanity,ā she said.
While painting herself as a victim, she accused Trump of having political motives.
āLastly, I will not be bullied. And so Mr. Trump is no longer here. The Donald Trump show is over. This was nothing more than a political stunt,ā she said of Trumpās response to the case she brought.
Then, in a recorded message posted on X, James once again played the race card.
āDangerous and racist comments will not deter me,ā she said. āThe laws of this great state and nation apply equally to everyone ā even Donald Trump.ā
Trumpās comments were so clearly devoid of anything related to Race that one feels absurd even pointing out the obvious. After all, one assumes that others can see that as well.
But the phrase āblinded by hatredā exists for a reason. James lies because she hates Trump. She is not alone.
A more hopeful way of viewing Jamesā Race card would be to regard it as it is ā a signal that James knows she has brought a weak case.
Furthermore, she knows that Trump accurately described both her behavior and motives. That presented her with a problem for which the Race card was her only play.
It is one thing to spend years dreaming of āgettingā Trump while conniving with other powerful Democrats, but it is another thing to have the emptiness of your case and the nefariousness of your intentions exposed to public scrutiny.
Thus, James positioned herself as a victim to deflect attention from those defects.
As it always does, the Race card revealed the weakness of her character.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
