The Mugshot Seen 'Round the World

All right, so we move to this. You've seen it. It's the mugshot heard around the world. It's the mugshot of former President Donald Trump. That mugshot is making its way onto T-shirts, onto mugs, into campaign fundraising. I said this on The Five yesterday. There's two different kinds of mugshots. There's sort of the sad sack mugshot of like Bill Cosby or Tiger Woods. And then there's the mugshot of defiance. It's often seen in famous figures like Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix or Frank Sinatra. What you're looking right there is at the second category. That is a mugshot of defiance. You know, a lot of people online have pointed out, it looks, he looks kind of like a bald eagle. Yeah, I saw that. I saw that. We should put that up. I sent that to our producer. There's a picture of him next to a bald eagle that's kind of looking down. And listen, this is an iconic, this is, this is becoming not just pop culture. It's becoming. We can't know how it will be used, but he knew the moment that picture was taken, it was for not just the moment for the history books, and it will take on a life of its own, both for supporters who are galvanized by it and also by his detractors who've been wanting this photo since he came down the escalator. And one guy who's been pretending like he's seeing none of this, orchestrating none of it, behind none of it, not wanting to comment on any of it, his press secretary can't talk about it, is Joe Biden. While he is on vacation, as he almost always is these days in Tahoe, California, and he came shuffling out and was asked about whether he'd seen that mugshot. And to a chorus of boos, it seems his popularity, unpopularity has even made its way all the way out to California. This is what he had to say about it. Have you seen Donald Trump's mugshot yet? I did see it on television. What'd you think? I mean, just the irony, the guy who should be in a mugshot, Joe Biden, who sold out his country to enrich his family, who's gotten us into, you know, this situation in Ukraine. And now we have a prosecutor shoken in a blockbuster interview that will air tonight on Brian Kilmeade's show saying, yeah, you guys are in the Ukraine war partially because of these dirty deals that were being made by Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. And certainly we can say that the money that we keep shoveling over there has a lot to do with it. This mugshot will, you rightly said, is a look of defiance in anybody in America who has felt that this government, that this deep state is being weaponized against them. Anybody who feels like they've been censored, that they've been surveilled in their Catholic church, protesters for the pro-life cause who have been, you know, taken down in their homes in front of their children. Anybody who has a different opinion, a different point of view, if you consider yourself a dissident in your own country, this mugshot gives you chills. And it is a rallying call. You know, I'm glad Joe Biden kind of chuckled. I'm glad he was sarcastic and said, wonderful guy, handsome guy. It's better than the pretense that so many on the left want to play. This is such a sad, serious day. I never, never wanted to see this. Of course you wanted to see this. This is exactly what you've pursued. It's what Joe Biden said had to happen. We got to stop him. He'll never be president United States. Well, three prosecutors agree. One down in Georgia, one here in New York and a special prosecutor in Washington, D.C. And they're willing to gather whatever shred of nonsense they can, all of which has been at some level discredited or is allowed in this free country to prosecute a political opponent. So I'm glad he's laughing because if you watch other channels, this is, you know, this is a great day. They're excited about this. Justice will be served against Donald Trump. How dare he attempt to take on the system? And it should only motivate anyone who truly loves the justice system in this process, who believes in America. And it will increase his his numbers inside the Republican primary and make him the nominee. So we'll get the showdown America deserves. The bug shots already backfiring on them. Only Fannie Willis of those prosecutors, only Fannie Willis down in Georgia, was the one delivering on their desire for a mugshot. Nicole Parker is a former FBI special agent, had this to say about her decision to pursue the mugshot. The politicization of the criminal justice system is just not acceptable. This is a county district attorney, fourth indictment, and now you're seeing a mugshot. Why is it that out of four indictments, the fourth one, now you're seeing the mugshot? It appears that this is for political reasons, that this is a claim to fame for her and that she had campaigned on going after President Trump. That is extremely dangerous. That is not what the purpose of the criminal justice system is for. Those of us that were out there truly fighting crime, it is necessary to have the support and trust of the American people. And when you abuse it and go after your political opponents on the eve of an election, it ruins it for everybody. The whole purpose behind the Democrat Party, since the moment Donald Trump won, was to separate, actually since he came down the escalators, was to separate Donald Trump from his supporters and using the media, Hollywood, big tech, whatever they could to make people embarrassed to support Donald Trump, embarrassed to put out a sign in front. We saw so many people who wouldn't even tell pollsters that they were voting for Donald Trump until he won. And then they said, oh, well, there were a lot of silent Trump voters. This mugshot was about trying to embarrass Republicans again and conservatives into supporting Donald Trump. And this is just not working. With each indictment, his support has increased. And I believe that this mugshot is actually the end of the primary. Everyone is gathering around because they realize that Donald Trump is a stand in for them. Most establishment Republicans are embarrassed. And, you know, I don't I like Ron DeSantis as the governor of Florida. I have no beef with him. But ultimately, he's running against a wall. And so the day that Donald Trump is getting indicted, he's playing baseball at the Field of Dreams and unwilling to comment on it. That's not going to cut it in this moment. At least Vivek Ramaswamy is willing to come out and say, here's why it's an injustice. I'll pardon the guy. That's why his numbers are rising. And most people in Washington are unwilling to take the strong stance, too. There are some congressmen on the Republican side who are doing a nice job with their committees. There ought to be more of it. I think there's going to be more of an outcry for that. One of the things I really I learned when Sean was in Congress is just how powerful that bubble is in D.C. And I just think that so many of these leaders just don't understand, as you said, the moment. They don't get how people are really viscerally feeling about this.