A viral video and police report out of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this week captured more than just a drunk driving arrest. It captured the raw, unfiltered essence of liberal privilege, entitlement, and utter contempt for the rule of law. Maria A. Bucci, the 51-year-old chairwoman of the Cranston Democratic Committee and a former mayoral candidate, didn’t just fail a sobriety test—she failed a basic test of citizenship, dignity, and respect for the officers who protect her community.
The Entitlement Unmasked: “Do You Know Who I Am?”
The incident began like many others, with a traffic stop. Police pulled Bucci over, noting her “severely bloodshot, glassy and watery eyes” and detecting “a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from inside the vehicle.” Standard police work. What followed was anything but standard.
Confronted with her evident lawbreaking, Bucci did not express remorse or cooperate. Instead, she reached for the classic refrain of the powerful and connected: “Do you know who I am?” This single question is a window into the liberal elite soul. It presumes that political title and party affiliation create a separate class of citizen, one immune from the laws that govern ordinary Americans. It is the language of a ruling class that believes rules are for the little people.
The Descent into Vile Contempt
When her perceived status failed to intimidate the officers into letting her go, Bucci’s demeanor shifted from entitled to vicious. As officers attempted to administer field sobriety tests, she launched a “ferocious attack of abusive comments.” She insulted them, called one officer a “d*ck” and a “loser,” and later, at headquarters, escalated to calling him an “evil (expletive) piece of (expletive).”
Her hatred for law enforcement itself spilled out in shocking declarations. She claimed “only clowns become cops” and stated she had “told her kids if they ever became a cop I’d kill them.” The venom was personal, prolonged, and punctuated with a direct threat: “I’m going to get you motherf**ker.” This isn’t mere drunken rambling; it is the authentic expression of a worldview that sees police not as public servants, but as enemies.
Playing the Race Card and Calling the “Big Guns”
Failing to bully the officers directly, Bucci then pivoted to two other favored tactics of the left: playing the victim and name-dropping connections. She bizarrely played the race card, stating, “God forbid I was a black person, I’d be arrested,” attempting to cloak her own privileged misbehavior in the language of social justice. Simultaneously, she demanded officers “call my husband right now and call the attorney general and everybody else in town,” believing her political network existed to extricate her from personal accountability.
This two-pronged approach—accusing the system of bias while simultaneously trying to use her insider status to manipulate that very system—is the height of hypocrisy. It reveals a mentality that views laws as weapons to be used against opponents and shields to be wielded by allies.
The Symptom of a Larger Disease
The behavior of Maria Bucci is not an anomaly; it is a symptom. It is the logical outcome of a political culture, nurtured by the Democratic Party and its media allies, that has spent years demonizing law enforcement as systemically corrupt and racist. When you spend years preaching that police are the problem, you shouldn’t be surprised when your own supporters treat them with vile contempt. When you foster a culture of victimhood and exception, you shouldn’t be shocked when your own operatives believe the rules don’t apply to them.
This is the same culture that has pushed for soft-on-crime policies, the defunding of police departments, and the dismissal of public disorder. It is a culture that holds everyday citizens to one standard and its own members to another. Bucci’s tirade is what that ideology looks like when it’s pulled over at 1 a.m. on a Wednesday.
The Stark Contrast: Respect for Law and Order
This incident throws into sharp relief the fundamental divide in American politics. On one side, you have this culture of elite exemption and contempt for authority. On the other, you have the movement led by President Donald Trump, which has consistently championed the rule of law, unequivocally supported the brave men and women in blue, and promoted a message of civic responsibility and national unity.
President Trump has empowered law enforcement to do their jobs without apology. He has rejected the dangerous rhetoric that paints police as villains. The officers in Rhode Island, who remained professional in the face of unbelievable abuse, embody the dignity and resilience that the Trump administration supports. They represent the “law and order” that the silent majority demands and that the entitled left, embodied by Maria Bucci, so deeply resents. Her arrest isn’t just about driving under the influence; it’s a small but perfect example of why the American people rejected the culture she represents and restored strength and respect to the highest office in the land.
h/t: Steadfast and Loyal
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