‘Time We Put Felon in White House’

‘I think it’s Time We Put a Felon in the White House.’ — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco

RIVERSIDE — Less than 48 hours after former President Donald J. Trump was found guilty Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said in an Instagram post that it’s time to put a felon in the White House.

“Let’s save this country and make America great, again,” Bianco says in the Instagram post.

Trump is the first former president to become a convicted felon.

The unanimous verdict from the 12-person jury ended a six-week trial in which prosecutors accused Trump of orchestrating an illegal conspiracy to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Bianco starts the Instagram by saying he’s going to “change teams” and laments that some might be upset with him. For the full impact of the post, watch and listen here:

Chad Bianco (@sheriffbianco) • Instagram photos and videos

Bianco, who has made no secret of the fact that he is flirting with the idea of running for governor in 2028, told Uken he sat on the Instagram post for an hour before posting it.

Why did he do it?

“Our state is being destroyed by activist politicians who lie, distort truth, and are the biggest hypocrites anyone has ever seen,” Bianco told Uken Report. Too many of us go along with them and believe we wouldn’t be misled by propaganda.

From a law enforcement perspective, Bianco said he knows what it takes to arrest someone and get them convicted,

“I know what it takes to arrest someone and get them convicted. I have sat through hundreds of trials. The trial of President Trump was a joke and a scam from the beginning. CNN legal analysts even said the same, to include there was not enough for a conviction. They even admit the judge made major critical errors that won’t stand up to appeal. All of this means this was nothing more than political lawfare.”

That, Bianco said, is the background for the video.

“I thought this video showed exactly the hypocrisy of the people now yelling that President Trump is a convicted                                          felon and unfit, especially our government officials,” Bianco said. “Yet, they want real felons/criminals released and taken care of by taxpayers and want us to feel sorry for them.”

“This is so much bigger than ‘Trump 2024.’ Our justice system and the power of government agencies are now being used against political opponents. This isn’t about me, but our state DOJ is doing the exact same thing to me.

“Unless Democrats stand up against the atrocities of the far-left progressives and Republicans concede it’s not all Democrats, our future is doomed. We need normal liberals and conservatives to come together to defeat the extremists on both sides,” Bianco said. “Emotion is destroying common sense and reason with the use of government propaganda.”

“Like Trump or not, he is 100% for the United States of America and limited government,” Bianco said. “Admit it or not, the Biden Administration is pushing us to socialism.  Marxism, and totalitarianism. This is an important election for the future and safety of    our country.”

As of noon Saturday, Bianco’s Instagram post had racked up more than 2,500 views and climbing.

At least one reader who had previously seen the post reached out to let me know about Government Code 3206 which prohibits officers or employees of a local agency from participating in political activities while in uniform.