The Mueller Report and
Attorney General’s Summary:
Moneyed, Republican white guys
going easy on moneyed, Republican
white guys.
Alternate scenario:
Moneyed, Republican white guys
passing judgment on a black:
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
*Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol (using the pseudonym Lewis Allan)
who was deeply disturbed by a picture he saw of a lynching. Meeropol set
the song to music with his wife, Laura, and performed it at venues in
New York City. Billy Holiday recorded the song in 1939. Information from
The Writer’s Almanac, April 20, 2019