OPINION:
Billionaire J.B. Pritzker has leaked Democrats’ dark plans for President Trump and the president’s aides, friends, family and associates should they take back power in 2029.
“There should be a Project 2029 for Democrats,” the Illinois governor told a New York Times fluffy podcast.
What went unsaid is that Democrats already unleashed a reign of terror that would make Mao proud. You could call it Project 2016, 2017 or 2018. Democrats, the Obama FBI and CIA, Hillary Clinton, Adam B. Schiff, the liberal news media and more all went from hoax to hoax to harass and bankrupt the Trump team.
They accused Mr. Trump of colluding with the Kremlin as they themselves were colliding with the Kremlin by way of a Democratic-financed Russia-sourced dossier filled with lies. Mrs. Clinton herself personally approved trafficking another hoax, the Alfa Bank tale, which even the FBI quickly dismissed.
Then there was Project 2021-2024 to obliterate and imprison Mr. Trump. Democratic prosecutors and Democratic juries indicted him for contesting an election and came up with more than 40 felonies for a nondisclosure agreement with a woman. The New York State attorney general tried to take away his family-built business over repaid loans from banks that were quite happy with him as a client.
All these Democratic miscarriages of justice happened after President Biden said this at the White House on Nov. 9, 2022. Asked about Mr. Trump, he said, “Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power if he does run. I’m making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next president again.”
Back to Mr. Pritzker and his March 14 chat with The New York Times, a fellow Trump detractor that did much to execute the Russia hoax.
“I think that what President Trump has done is, I think, operate like the president of a banana republic. Or as if he were an authoritarian,” Mr. Pritzker said. “That is, now he’s got power, he’s going to vanquish his enemies and rule in favor of the people who will enrich him.”
Then, with smug satisfaction, he announced what he hopes is a cultural revolution.
“There should be a Project 2029 for Democrats,” he said. “One is we’ve got to restore the rule of law. That means holding people accountable who’ve broken the law.”
And away he goes.
“I’m talking about in this administration. When we get a new one, the people in this administration who have broken the law and federal agents who’ve broken the law need to be held accountable. … Criminally prosecuted, civilly prosecuted. Whatever it is what we can do. It may be you cannot criminally prosecute somebody but that you can go after them civilly.”
Here’s how to parse this statement. The 2029 Democratic president will launch “whatever” to take down the Trump world. By God, if we can’t do it with the FBI because they haven’t broken any laws, then we will just sue them to death, over something.
What did not come up during the interview was Mr. Biden’s opening of the southern border to the murderous Mexican drug cartels, who funneled millions of unknown people into America. These included lots of criminals who have murdered, run over people, raped, pillaged and burglarized across the nation. Their stories will not show up in The New York Times. Go to the local news. They cover it.
Mr. Pritzker was a Biden partner for the runaway border, according to Mr. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, the folks who try to keep us safe amid Democratic assaults.
Here is a December press release: “Governor Pritzker’s Sanctuary Illinois Released More than 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Murderers, Pedophiles, and Kidnappers.”
The Homeland Security Department backed up the headline: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul calling on him to put the safety of Americans first and honor ICE arrest detainers of the more than 4,000 criminal illegal aliens in the state’s custody including murderers, sexual predators, and those convicted of or charged with weapons offenses.”
The Biden-Pritzker Democrats came to do this for a reason. The formula: Flood the border with illegals, protect them from deportation, get them on welfare forever to cement their Democratic allegiance, and get them voting as soon as possible.
Why care about basic Americans when you have a Democratic Party to build?
Mr. Pritzker is not alone in leaking.
Project 2029’s hideous culture has permeated another rank partisan Democrat: Susan Rice, loyal aide to Messrs. Obama and Biden. She wants to spread the reign of fear not just to government officials but also to corporations and universities.
“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to, you know, play by the old rules, and, you know, say, ‘Oh, never mind. We’ll forgive you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you’ve violated, all, you know, the laws you’ve skirted,’” she told Trump hater Preet Bharara, who — surprise, surprise — has a podcast. “I think they’ve got another thing coming.”
She got even scarier. “You know, companies already are starting to hear they better preserve their documents.”
Her target list didn’t mention the conservative press. Mr. Biden used the government and partisan private groups to harass and scold journalism anytime it strayed from The New York Times media, which is the Democrats’ biggest free-of-charge asset.
Ms. Rice also failed to mention the gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s ice hockey team. They irked liberals by displaying patriotism and visiting Mr. Trump at the White House.
• Rowan Scarborough is a columnist with The Washington Times.
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