The purpose of the FBI raid---and its timing---is obvious: It is to, psychologically, put Trump back on the ballot for Democrats without him being on the ballot for Republicans; It is to get Democrats to show up to the polls to vote against him knowing that, since he is not actually on the ballot, Republicans will not be coming out specifically to vote for him. It is a psychological ploy by people who are expert in manipulating the masses but not very expert, it seems, in governing the country: At least, not with an eye toward the benefit of the people writ large. Any Democrat who doubts this should ask themselves, why didn’t this raid happen last year? Why wait till you are a few months out from an election?
Of course, on Quora and other forums I see a great many Democrats going on about the importance of enforcing our nations laws no matter what: This from the same people who wished to defund the police, who happily allowed Hillary Clinton to keep confidential information on a private server where it was easily accessible to any sufficiently clever hacker, and who argue for drug decriminalization. (I also favor drug decriminalization, but I am also not Mr. Law and Order regarding victimless crimes even if I do understand the need for proper security protocols. Nor have I ever argued against the need for prosecutorial discretion.) In fact, these same people don’t even comment on the hypocrisy inherent in letting Joe Biden’s
Whatever real concern there may have been regarding these materials, their safe return could have been secured through regular means: But somehow, just somehow, they wait till an election is a few months out. Just as those BLM riots also just happened a few months out from an election.