Trump Advised To Accept DeSantis ‘Sanctuary’ Hole Up In Mar-a-Lago Fortress Because ‘This Is War’

Oh, dear gawd, this is getting comical. And fast. The right-wing media machine has found a new shiny object, vis a vis Jenna Ellis advising Donald Trump to accept Ron DeSantis’s offer of “sanctuary” and remain in Florida, rather than go to New York for arraignment, which is currently on calendar for Tuesday.

What happened is that Trump’s attorneys had already said that Trump would voluntarily surrender in New York.

But DeSantis, never one to miss an opportunity to peacock and bluster, decided to look like a hero, so he said this.

Nobody has made any “extradition request.” The plans for Trump’s surrender to authorities have already been confirmed. But, that doesn’t make for a great right-wing media story. Newsmax can’t make a dime off of it, if Trump just shows up. So Jenna Ellis decided to get into the mix.

That gets us back to DeSantis. He has no sanctuary to give. His abilities, under the law, are fairly circumscribed. But that’s not how this is going to be played, likely. This could mushroom into a cause celebre. The spectacle of Trump hiding out at Mar-a-Lago and saying, “Na na na na na, come in and get me, copper,” is what they’re aiming for. And DeSantis is right in the crosshairs and he is clueless. That’s the sideshow to Trump’s center ring spotlight. VICE News:

Trump’s lead over his GOP rivals for the nomination has only grown as his legal jeopardy deepened. His legal drama appears set to overshadow the GOP nomination, creating an obstacle course for Trump’s Republican opponents. That includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has already fumbled over the tricky task of trying to look like he’s defending Trump, while simultaneously capitalizing on his peril.

DeSantis announced on Thursday evening that he would not assist in extraditing Trump from Florida in response to the indictment. Trump allies and pundits mocked DeSantis’ stance as empty posturing. Trump’s attorneys had already said Trump would voluntarily surrender in New York. And the extradition clause of the Constitution, which says that states must cooperate with such requests, gives DeSantis only limited room to create a delay, but not grounds to actually stop the proceedings, legal experts say.

This is the true state of where things stand. Now, whatever the right-wing media bubble decides it needs to generate, is a matter of speculation. The broad brush strokes are being created, as we speak, for where right wingnuttia is going and at the most extreme end of the fantasy spectrum, we find a martyred Donald Trump sitting in jail. But wait — Election Day, November 5, 2024 is right around the corner and the people will vote.

And behold, they do! And MAGA prevails! Trump is elected by a landslide and he will govern — possibly from his jail cell. Yes, this has been speculated. Nobody in our history has walked down this path before and the constitutional scholars are burning the midnight oil trying to figure out what the constitution does or does not say about a situation such as this one.

Trump could still run for president from behind bars, say the experts. And he could win the election from behind bars. And then I guess he could pardon himself, although a person acting as a judge in a case where they are a defendant goes against the grain of all common sense, not to mention logic of jurisprudence, for the past several thousand years that history has been recorded.

But it sounds good. It’s got a romantic appeal to it. And that romantic appeal will get the MAGAs to open their wallets and that’s what the right-wing media bubble is counting on. It’s all about clicks. Clicks on articles, clicks on tweets, the click click of the 16-digit cards being debited. It’s all one electronic economic ecosystem.

Stay tuned. You’re going to hear a lot of crazy propositions in the not too distant future. Plus, Trump’s trial(s) is going to be wild. That’s a virtual certainty.