Newsmax hostĀ Carl HigbieĀ went on a tirade on Friday after former PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ was convicted by a Manhattan jury the day before.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was foundĀ guiltyĀ on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to cover up extramarital affairs. Trump was concerned the affairs would come to light and harm his presidential aspirations. The RepublicanĀ freakoutĀ has been swift if not predictable. Despite their outrage and indignation, some conservatives insist that being a convicted felon willĀ help Trumpā€™s chancesĀ of returning to the White House in Novemberā€™s election.

During Fridayā€™s edition ofĀ FrontlineĀ on Newsmax, Higbie demanded congressional Republicans drop everything and go after those involved in Trumpā€™s prosecution.

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      Some are. Most arenā€™t Iā€™d wager. Believing in the rights of other sentient beings typically tips you into the camp of not wanting to kill things.

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        Also weā€™re more likely to be aware of and accounting for mental health issues and so hesitate to bring a gun into a house with someone who shouldnā€™t have one. I want a firearm for self defense, my wife has depression and seeing as the whole goal is to keep her safe I do so by not having a gun

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      Liberals classically respond with calling you a MAGAt, insisting that ā€œthey have dronesā€, ask why you think youā€™d have a chance against the worlds greatest military, and a bunch of other silly bullshit statements that show that they have no understanding of anything that is happening around them, what the problem is, and have zero knowledge of history as they tell you that violence never solves anything.

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      I go to 2-3 shooting matches every month; Iā€™d go to more, except that ammunition prices are expensive. I talk to people. Iā€™m not some kind of closet leftist; I wear this shit on my sleeve. (Quite literally in the case of some of my morale patches.). I see the stickers, patches, and shirts that other people are wearing, and I hear them talking; their politics are clear. I expect that the next 2-gun match Iā€™m gonna hear a lot of people angry about Trump rule 34.

      Going to shooting matches as someone thatā€™s pretty far left on most issues is like being in enemy territory. On the rare occasions that I get to make it to a match thatā€™s mostly populated with people that are on the political left, I feel like I can finally breathe.