July 4th 2024

 Twenty-four years past, in the days around our nation's celebration of independence, I found myself in the company of a friend in the heart of Manhattan. The city's helm was in the hands of Rudy Giuliani, the mayor whose firm hand and unwavering resolve had transformed New York into a beacon of cleanliness and order. Under his governance, crime had been quelled, businesses thrived, and the city basked in a renewed spirit of prosperity. I recall our excursion to Battery Park, where the spectacle of a parade of sailing ships unfolded before us, their grandeur punctuated by the ghostly flyby of a B-2 bomber—a stark juxtaposition of the timeless and the modern.

Fast forward to the present, and New York has descended into a mire of crime, violence, and corruption. The very man who once spearheaded its revival, Giuliani, has become a casualty of the very forces he sought to vanquish, ensnared and dismantled by the insidious mechanism of lawfare. The architects of this downfall are none other than those whose policies now allow their city to decay—Democrats who, through their folly, invite the inevitable repercussions of their misguided governance. While my sympathies do not extend to those who engineer their own ruin, the broader implications of their actions cannot be ignored.

The historical echoes of a justice system perverted to imprison political adversaries resonate with a chilling clarity. Consider the fate of those in the Soviet Union under Stalin, where the gulags swelled with those deemed inconvenient or oppositional to the regime. Or reflect on the purges of Maoist China, where countless lives were destroyed under the guise of political reeducation and unity. Such abuses of power underscore the peril of allowing the legal system to become a weapon in political vendettas.

In the face of such corruption, it becomes imperative to uphold the sanctity of our legal institutions. The campaign to imprison political enemies, masked as justice, must be met with staunch resistance. For the integrity of our republic, and the preservation of our constitutional principles, demands nothing less.