It seems that some Democrats have not learned from the fiasco of the 2024 presidential campaign that the more they go after Trump with lawfare and political stunts like impeachment, the more popular he gets.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) promised on MSNBC on Sunday that House Democrats would investigate the Trump family "when" they get the majority back.
It's not a done deal that Democrats will regain the House majority in 2026, but the margin is small and the party out of power usually gains seats in the midterm elections.
In response to a question from host Alex Witt, Crockett said, "So long as we end up taking the House, which I fully anticipate that we will do, and we are going to work hard to obviously help our senate colleagues as well, then as someone who serves on the Oversight Committee and hopes to lead the Oversight Committee, I can guarantee you that we will do what we are supposed to do as constitutionally sworn members of the House, which means that we will conduct oversight.”
Crockett clarified what she meant by oversight, promising to go after the Trump family, specifically its efforts to get into the crypto business but also any other attempts to make money in any way whatsover.
“That means that we will investigate," she promised. "We will look at whether or not this president himself has violated the Emoluments Clause as it relates to say such things as getting a $400 million plane from the Qataris. We also will make sure that we’re looking into all these business deals that they have going on. I mean, think about it this way, Alex. they were going after Hunter because he sat on a board. Think about how much money they are raking, raking in, whether we’re talking about the next golf resort that they’re setting up in Qatar or whether we’re talking about them leveling Gaza, as they’ve talked about and talked about how it would be great beachfront property, whether we’re talking about this crypto scam, the scam that people didn’t even want to walk into and show their faces.”
Basically, Democrats like her want to run the Trumps out of town on a rail for being entrepreneurs.
It's typical of that party, which has made it clear it is against entrepreneurship, especially by those they don't agree with politically.
Crockett added, “Let me tell you, there is no shortage of things for us to dig into and determine whether or not there have been not only violations of the law, but definitely violations of our Constitution as a whole.”
It seems very one-sided to accuse Trump of violating laws and the Constitution but completely ignore the mountain of evidence against former President Joe Biden and act like he did nothing wrong by having his family take payouts from the Chinese and other nations.
It's typical of Democrats, who engaged in lawfare against Trump and got their allies in the courts to indict him four times on charges that no other former president has faced, even for similar or worse actions.
The American people rejected these spurious charges by electing Trump to another term as president, and they will reject any future efforts as well.
If Democrats want Trump to be even more popular than ever before, they should keep investigating him and his family for doing nothing more than other leaders and officials have done.
They will only lose by treating him the way they have.
