When Rep. Steve Cohen found himself cornered on NewsNation defending the Democrats’ weaponized justice system, his fumbling response revealed everything Americans need to know about the establishment’s crumbling narrative. Asked to explain why Letitia James could openly campaign on “getting Trump” while condemning President Trump’s pursuit of accountability, Cohen did what desperate politicians always do—he changed the subject to grocery prices.
This wasn’t just political deflection. It was a confession.
For four years, Democrats and their media allies insisted that targeting political opponents through the justice system represented an existential threat to democracy. They clutched their pearls over Trump’s promise to hold deep state actors accountable, warning of “authoritarian overreach” and “constitutional crisis.” Yet these same voices cheered when James literally built her political career on prosecuting the former president, when Alvin Bragg twisted misdemeanor bookkeeping into felony charges, and when Jack Smith launched his partisan crusade through the federal courts.
Cohen’s inability to articulate any meaningful distinction between these approaches exposes the intellectual bankruptcy of the entire Democratic position. When pressed on the obvious double standard, he immediately pivoted to economic talking points—as if the price of eggs somehow justifies prosecutorial misconduct. This rhetorical retreat signals that even seasoned establishment politicians recognize their position is legally and morally indefensible.
The Comey indictment that triggered this exchange represents something far more significant than typical Washington score-settling. It marks the first serious attempt to restore constitutional governance by holding deep state actors accountable for their documented role in the Russia hoax. For too long, career bureaucrats have operated under the assumption that their government positions granted them immunity from consequences, no matter how brazenly they violated their oaths of office.
Cohen’s admission that “DOJ professionals disagreed” with pursuing the Comey case inadvertently reveals how the permanent bureaucracy has been protecting its own while enabling political prosecutions of conservatives. These are the same “professionals” who signed off on FISA abuse, who buried Hunter Biden’s laptop, and who treated January 6th protesters more harshly than foreign terrorists. Their disagreement isn’t evidence of prosecutorial wisdom—it’s proof of institutional corruption.
The American people understood this dynamic perfectly when they delivered President Trump his decisive mandate in November. They voted not just for lower prices and secure borders, but for equal justice under law. They recognized that a two-tiered justice system represents the gravest threat to constitutional government, and they demanded accountability for those who weaponized federal agencies against political opponents.
This constitutional framework demands reciprocal treatment. When Democrats openly campaigned on targeting their political enemies, they forfeited any moral authority to complain about facing similar scrutiny. The rule of law cannot survive in a system where one party enjoys prosecutorial immunity while the other faces endless lawfare. Trump’s pursuit of accountability doesn’t threaten democratic norms—it restores them.
Cohen’s grocery store deflection also highlights the establishment’s fundamental misunderstanding of the America First movement. Yes, patriots care about kitchen table issues like inflation and energy costs. But they also understand that economic prosperity requires constitutional governance. You cannot have a thriving free market economy when federal agencies operate as partisan weapons, when justice depends on political affiliation, and when the rule of law applies selectively.
The desperation in Cohen’s response suggests that more revelations are coming. As additional deep state actors face accountability for their roles in undermining American democracy, expect more frantic deflection attempts from establishment defenders. They will invoke everything from grocery prices to global warming to avoid confronting their complicity in the greatest political scandal in American history.
Patriots should view this moment with Reagan-era optimism. The swamp’s narrative control is breaking down under the weight of its own contradictions. Truth has a way of emerging, and justice—real justice, not the partisan theater we’ve endured—is finally within reach. The constitutional republic our founders envisioned is being restored, one indictment at a time.
