The Republicans #ReleaseTheMemo ploy is the latest laughable scheme in the plot against Mueller
The Republicans’ #ReleaseTheMemo ploy is the latest laughable scheme in the plot against Mueller
Jefferson Morley, AlterNet JEFFERSON MORLEY, ALTERNET 23 JAN 2018 AT 09:09 ET
The accumulating facts are damning.
President Trump is under investigation. Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has indicted four of his former aides, including his campaign manager, for making false statements related to the FBI’s ongoing investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Two of the defendants have pleaded guilty.
Former adviser Steve Bannon has devastated the White House claim that the Russia investigation is fake news, by saying a meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian agents in June 2016 was “unpatriotic” and “treasonous.”
What’s a good Republican to do? Once upon a time, conservatives might have said conservative things like, “Let’s wait for all the facts.” Or, “Let law enforcement do its job.” Or, “The president is a good man.”
No more. Pro-Trump Republicans prefer “alternative facts” to real ones. They know showing respect for law enforcement will only endanger Trump and his entourage. And no one seeking to be credible dares to say the porn-star loving president is a decent human being, at least not to the 63 percent of Americans who disapprove of how he’s doing his job.
Instead, the Republican response to Trump’s deepening legal predicament is #ReleaseTheMemo, a disingenuous social media campaign that falsely insinuates the government is suppressing a memo that supposedly exposes a “Deep State” plot against the president.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/republicans-releasethememo-ploy-latest-laughable-scheme-plot-mueller/
