Trump Blasts Willis, Vows To ‘Make Atlanta Great Again’
The most recent in a string of four indictments against former President Donald Trump originated in Fulton County, Georgia, where District Attorney Fani Willis pushed for a host of criminal charges against him and 18 co-defendants in connection with their response to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
In addition to resulting in the first-ever mug shot of a former president, the case has added fuel to the mounting suspicion that the legal challenges against Trump are part of a politically motivated campaign to derail his 2024 White House ambitions.
For his part, Trump has been eager to speak out publicly in his own defense — and earlier this week he did so with a clear and direct denunciation of Willis’ prosecutorial record.
In a video uploaded to his Truth Social platform, he tied the district attorney to the rising rate of violent crime in Atlanta, claiming she is more interested in making good on her campaign promise to “get Trump” than she is in making her own community safer.
His harsh assessment is at least partially bolstered by crime statistics that show homicides, burglaries, car thefts, and other crimes spiked considerably last year — which was Willis’ first full year in office. Of course, Willis’ defenders note that other categories of crime fell during the same period.
“She’s a disaster for Atlanta,” Trump declared. “She’s a disaster for the great state of Georgia.”
Slightly altering his ubiquitous “MAGA” campaign acronym, he said that if he is elected, he would “make Atlanta great again.”
The recent social media post was not the first time Trump took aim at the Fulton County district attorney. Even before the latest indictment was announced, he provided an all-caps assessment of her record, asserting that her lax approach to prosecuting criminals has “allowed Atlanta to become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world.”
Of course, the former president concluded that Willis is just a symptom of a much larger problem found in the offices of prosecutors across the nation.
“They let the criminals go and they want to get Trump,” he said. “They want to see if they can get some extra votes.”
