The word “weaponization” is thrown around these days by both political parties, but what does it really mean?

Used by some folks it is intended to mean the use of the government, organs/departments of the government, to accomplish partisan political means.

Allow me to cite an example.

The Infamous 51 Intelligence Community Members Letter

In the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, the issue of Hunter Biden’s laptop and what it contained — driven by astonishing revelations just before the election from the NY Post about Hunter and his antics based on emails from the laptop — became a subject of media inquiry and interest and Donald Trump attempted to hang it like a pork chop around Joe Biden’s neck as he attempted to sic the lapdogs of the media on his opponent, Joe Biden. Continue reading →