by Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics:
By no means is Trump the first to find himself in the crosshairs of the rath of government because he sought real change. Eugene Victor Debs (1855–1926) was an American socialist, political activist, and trade unionist and a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). However, he was also a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America, running for President of the United States in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920 when he ran for president from prison. That’s right! It was the Democrats who also imprisoned him, and he still ran for President in 1920.
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Debs ran for President from prison in the 1920 election. Many people voted for him; he received the most significant number of popular votes ever received by a Socialist Party candidate in the United States. It is important to clarify that there was also the Communist Party, which was separate and distinct from the Socialist Party at the time. It is Ironic that FDR running as a Democrat, was really advocating socialism, which Debs had advocated, except for war.
It was Woodrow Wilson who sent the Department of Justice to imprison Debs, and they used his speech against the Wilson administration for its support of World War I. Wilson was vicious and called Debs a “traitor to his country.” On June 16th, 1918, Debs made a speech in Canton, Ohio, where he urged resistance to the military draft imposed by Wilson. For that, he was arrested on June 30 and charged with ten counts of sedition.
18 USC §2383. Rebellion or Insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 .)
This is why I have said Trump is NOT guilty of any “insurrection” that not a single person of the over 1,000 people the DOJ has targeted for political reasons once again by the Democrats has been charged with the insurrection statute – 118 USC §2383. They are desperate to use the 14th Amendment, and the Supreme Court will never uphold such a conviction. This is why they have not charged anyone with that crime because if they lost, they would not be able to interfere in the 2024 election using the 14th Amendment.
Now that said, the very best they could ever charge Trump with would be sedition. But like Debs, he could still run for president even from a prison cell. Also, like Debs, Trump would probably get more votes than before as a martyr, as was Debs. This is why the Democrats are desperate to use the 14th Amendment that was intended against the former member of the Confederacy who waged a civil war. If we are honest, the intent behind the 14th Amendment does not apply to Trump and certainly to not more than 1,000 people they have criminally charged for just being there – most taking selfies.
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