If you want a crash course in how partisanship trumps principle, watch Democrats react to indictments. When Trump was hauled into court a few years back, it was solemn lectures about “the rule of law,” “no one above the law,” and “democracy in action.” But fast-forward to last week’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, and suddenly indictments are proof of tyranny, banana republic justice, and the death of democracy itself.
Our latest supercut stitches together the whiplash. One after another, familiar voices beam with sanctimony about Trump’s charges: a moment to celebrate America’s legal system at work. Ellipsis — cut to the same person, days ago, decrying Comey’s charges as politically motivated persecution. Evidently, the rule of law is only sacred when it’s applied to your enemies.
Take the rhetoric side-by-side, and it’s almost comical. Indicting Trump is “democracy at its best.” Indicting Comey is “a perversion of justice.” The same legal process that’s an inspiring civics lesson in one clip becomes jackboot authoritarianism in the next. The only variable is which party’s ox is being gored.
What this supercut exposes isn’t just hypocrisy — it’s the fragility of Democrats’ talking points. They don’t believe in neutral principles of justice. They believe in outcomes. If the DOJ targets Trump, it’s noble. If the DOJ targets Comey, it’s corrupt. Same system, same process — different jerseys, different spin.
Watch the supercut. It’s the cleanest proof yet that for Democrats, “the rule of law” isn’t a principle. It’s a slogan — one they’ll drop the moment it no longer serves their side.