By Bonchie
Daniel Goldman hasn’t had the best start to his career in Washington politics. The lawyer who infamously led Nancy Pelosi’s first impeachment sham against Donald Trump has taken his fair share of lumps, and he got some new ones on Monday.
While participating in a field hearing on violent crime in DA Alvin Bragg’s district, Goldman decided to call the entire effort a “charade” while addressing one of the witnesses. That’s when Madeline Brame, whose son was murdered in New York City, took him to the cleaners.
Daniel Goldman is an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, born into immense privilege, went to Harvard and Stanford, and purchased a congressional seat who is now lecturing people who lost their family members to violent crime in the city he represents in Congress.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 17, 2023
GOLDMAN: Your experiences are devastating, but the problem is that this is a charade to cover up for an abuse of power that they are going around, talking incessantly outside of this hearing about Donald Trump, and the purpose of this hearing is to cover up for what they know to be an inappropriate investigation.
Now, I look forward, many of you, uh…
BRAME: Can I respond to you, please?
GOLDMAN: Not right now because I only have 20 seconds…
BRAME: Don’t insult my intelligence
(Jim Jordan tries to bring order)
BRAME: You’re trying to insult me like I’m not aware of what’s going on here
(Crosstalk)
BRAME: I’m fully aware of what’s going on here. That’s I walked away from the plantation of the Democratic Party.
The smugness of Goldman just jumps off the screen as you watch that clip. This is a guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He’s had everything handed him. He’s never had to deal with violent criminals or the repercussions they have on lower and middle-class neighborhoods. Goldman’s entire life has been spent in gated communities and prestigious institutions.
That’s fine, but he should probably check himself when he’s facing a woman who had her son murdered due to the soft-on-crime approach Democrats have chosen to take in cities across the country. Just a touch of humility would go a long way in that situation.
Is he right that this hearing was predicated on Bragg’s ridiculous prosecution of Donald Trump? Sure, but everything has a catalyst. Does that make Brame’s son any less dead? Does it make her anger at New York City officials who refuse to enforce the law any less justified? Of course, not. It does not matter what predicated the field hearing. What matters is the substance contained within it.
Hank Johnson tried to play the same game Goldman did, calling the witnesses at the hearing “props.”
Rep. Hank Johnson says that the witnesses criticizing Alvin Bragg in the New York City hearing who lost family members to violent crime are "props in a MAGA Republican production." pic.twitter.com/4uOuHILYzM
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 17, 2023
I can’t imagine sitting there in that hearing, having lost a loved one to violent crime, and then having to listen to a pompous imbecile like Johnson levy insults.
Johnson has a plethora of really jaw dropping ignorant comments we can reference but calling victims of democrat policies props? Damn I wish Guam would capsize on top of him and he would have to eat bad left overs forever.
Michael Brown was a charade.
His narrative was all lies.
He didn’t have his “hand’s up, don’t shoot.”
He was no “gentle giant” either.
How did the Democrat party become the party of rich people that live in secured, gated communities that don’t even know how to pretend to care about the plight of the common person? More, who the hell cares so little about those trapped in poverty and crime that support this hateful party?