Perlstein vs The Trumpie
by digby
Rick Perlstein offers the most powerful riposte to right wing Trump defenders and their gobblydygook:
Are you defending Donald Trump? A man who doesn’t even seem to care that a foreign government who is hostile to us is sabotaging not only our election process but the processes around the world? I mean, he’s never criticized that once.
The eye-roll heard ’round the world is at 5:25. https://t.co/xWnzCxWrDu— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 18, 2017
Seriously, this is what gets me. (I wrote about it in depth on Friday) Maybe he’s innocent. Maybe he’s just a fool who didn’t realize he was obstructing justice. I’m prepared to believe all that. But the fact that he refuses to accept the interference from Russia even happened and that it’s dangerous for our democracy is what truly disqualifies him.
This is serious business. It’s a form of modern warfare and our president, whether it’s because he’s implicated or just because his puerile ego is so inflated that he can only see the fact that it calls his dubious victory more into doubt, refuses to address it.
He may not have committed a crime. But he’s certainly abdicated his duty to the country.
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