Belmont Law Dean Gonzales Backs Harris

[u/10ecn]

Alberto Gonzales, a Republican who served as AG for Bush, publicly endorsed Harris. He is Dean of the Belmont College of law in Nashville.

[u/gu_doc]

The threat to democracy/rule of law is real. I don’t understand how people would vote for him based on that alone.

[u/pcm2a → u/gu_doc]

Some people see things from a different perspective. They see politicizing the DOJ to attack opponents as a threat to democracy. They see a person backing mandatory gun buybacks as a threat to democracy (quoted multiple times by Kamala). They see a person saying freedom of speech does not protect hate speech or misinformation a threat to democracy (quoted by Walz, Supreme Court is clear on this). They see a person wanting government control of market prices a threat to democracy (Kamala speaks on this multiple times). They see people caring more about undocumented persons than about citizens a threat to democracy.

If you see things through this lens, then one candidate is not a threat to democracy and one is very much so.

Make sure to vote.

[u/gu_doc → u/pcm2a]

What exactly does politicizing the DOJ look like? Investigating Trump for his alleged crimes?

Does that look anything like withholding military aid to a country for dirt on your political opponent? Is this something that Trump is vowing to never do?

[u/mysteresc → u/gu_doc]

No, it looks like jailing your political opponents because...they're your political opponents.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/12/trump-prosecution-threats-political-rivals/75060866007/