With Trump in legal trouble, Georgia GOP targets prosecutors

Rachel Maddow looks at a new measure Georgia Republicans are pushing through the legislature that would give them the ability to remove elected prosecutors they don't like, and notes the glaring conflict of potential charges pending against Donald Trump in Fulton County as the bill advances. 

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[JC-lssp]

I'm glad I'm older and in poor health, because I don't want to live long enough to see this beautiful democracy destroyed by sick authoritarians! FL, GA, TX, TN, and many other states are turning to this darkness. Please, do all you can to save our democracy!!!

[TheMadelineTV]

I always knew Kemp was shady. He’s a big part of the problem!🇺🇸

[Nicole-dlvf]

History is full of lessons about Countries institution's ignoring the rise of Fascism and the cost.

[t.k.]

So what the GOP is now openly coming out and saying is they no longer are in favor of an independent judicial system but rather it should be an extension of the ruling political class. This is scary.

[stevesteve]

Willis has to speed up and indict as soon as possible. Later is not better now.

[philhogan]

See what happens when justice drags it's feet? Take note, Merrick & Jack.

[mtnminer]

how are they allowed to vote if they are involved in related crimes

[kennethschenavar]

This is totally unreal! The amount of corruption involved in this is insane.

[Brutally-Honest]

"ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING."

[benjamindoverr]

So now Fani Willis is a "rouge prosecutor"? More like "Georgia is now a rouge state".

[TMensah]

Dictatorship comes in different forms. This is one.

[jamesbias]

You would think in a normal world where we all actually cared about democracy the people in charge at the highest-level should be screaming from the rooftops of how corrupt and dangerous this is but yet all we get is silence

[margolenney]

America - please get a grip of reality

[richardhayman]

Thank you, Rachel, for sounding the alarm.

[nicholashardy]

Absolutely this should have been dealt with age's ago. It's seem to me that it's being going on. Trumpty should have been in jail for this. He is not above the law

[tiffanywatkins]

It makes me nauseated to see how we are getting more and more corrupt every year, especially in the government. It fills me with such dread to think about all the damage we are going to have to fix before this country will ever be able to prosper again. I fell so bad for future generations.

[G-childInc]

I don’t know why these indictments are taking ages to come . Lord Jesus

[nessa]

I’m not even an American 🇺🇸 and this made me really sick to my stomach 😢

[otisholston]

The Federal Government must step in. When you have the crooks making a decision to get rid of prosecutors who will charge them. This is pure fascism.

[ejwright]

See Georgia? See what happens when you don't vote for the most qualified person (Stacey Abrams) and instead vote down the line Republican? This crap NEVER would have happened under Miss Stacey!