Do they really believe the FBI is full of commies?
On top of this, I was a little stunned by how eager vast swaths of the right were to go to bat for Trump on this. The man is guilty of violating the Presidential Records Act. We knew this beforehand, because of the 15 boxes that were
already returned. So apparently they think that beyond the criming that it's already proven he's done, he's absolutely and completely innocent, and anyone who says different is on a politically motivated witch hunt.
I'd say they were a bunch of fools, but I don't think that's true. I think the politicians and talking heads who have been so eager to go to bat for Trump here are craven, opportunistic sleazebags. They
hope that their intended audience are a bunch of fools, easily suckered into believing even the most ridiculous protestations of innocence.
In my opinion, the GOP apparatchiki and nomenklatura revealed their true colors in their defense of Trump on this one. No principles, no respect for the govt. they claim that they so fiercely defend. For anyone that cares to look, Trump has laid bare the ugliness that was already inside the GOP--a hidden but fiery infection that Trump brought to the surface in a burst of oozing pus. It's pretty obvious from the outside, but will any of those within the GOP actually notice?
Let's try to be a little nicer to each other.
You posted this as I was typing, and I suspect my post will be seen as "mean." I don't think it is.
Even superficially, it's clear that Trump had broken the law (those 15 boxes), and that the FBI's warrant was almost certainly justified.
And yet, the GOP political machine had to rush to outrage, had to defend Trump and attack the FBI. To anyone with a modicum of self-awareness, this would be utterly embarrassing. But the GOP has proven, yet again, that it is beyond embarrassment.
That's not mean. That's just how it is.
