‘First Proverbial Shot In Fort Sumter’: Media, Political Figures Compare Trump Indictment To Civil WarNicole Silverio
Media Reporter
March 31, 2023 4:05 PM ET
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Several media and political figures are comparing the indictment of former President Donald Trump to the American civil war of the 1860s.
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict a former president for the first time in American history on Thursday in relation to the alleged $130,000 in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. The indictment lead several prominent media and political figures to compare the scenario to the Civil War due political division across the U.S. and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ statement Thursday that he would not be involved in the extradition process in his state.
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow accused DeSantis of firing the “first proverbial shot in Fort Sumter” by announcing he will not follow the extradition process.
“Florida’s not going to allow that process to go forward because it’s a former president, because it’s Donald Trump. Well that could break us,” Maddow said. “I mean, indicting a president, indicting a politician, is a normal thing in this country. Trying to say the legal process no longer applies in this country if you try to apply it to our political guy, that is something that can break the rule of law in this country, if anything it is the first proverbial shot in Fort Sumter today. That shot was fired not by Donald Trump, but by Ron DeSantis.”
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