No Knight On A White Horse

[JoeOtterbein]

[link:https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/no-knight-on-a-white-horse|


House Democrats have spent the last two years waiting for someone else to solve the Trump conundrum. It is now up to them, and to them alone.

By Cynthia Alksne
July 25, 2019 11:25 am

There was no knight on a white horse yesterday. He delivered exactly what he promised he would. Bob Mueller’s long-awaited and highly anticipated testimony didn’t provide any information that he hadn’t already provided in his written report.



Both sides were hoping for more. And each was disappointed.

Democrats had hoped there might be a smoking gun; or at a minimum, some sensational new revelation that would revive and perhaps stoke the interest of an American public that seems ready to move on from the Mueller Report and potential impeachment proceedings.

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[LanternWaste]

1. No one of note expected nor hoped for a dramatic film-style denouement

It's becoming more and more clear that the only ones really disappointed by the hearings in any meaningful way are simply those who alleged everyone expected more.

[eleny]

2. We are our own salvation

Call, write and demand what we want. It doesn't look like it'll be handed to us like a lollipop from above.