It's funny but it's also sad. The Russia probe, the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians in the 2016 election, has come up with nothing. After a year and a quarter, there's no evidence of collusion of any sort. Instead, what has been found is that the Clinton campaign and the DNC paid to manufacture a phony dossier that the Obama FBI and DOJ then submitted to the FISA court to get an improper authorization to spy on people involved in the Trump campaign. There's also proof that people high up inside the FBI (and later the special counsel's office) were out to get Trump by any means possible, legal or not. During all this time since the election, the Democrats and the mainstream media have been hyperventilating about the terrible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. People like Rachel Maddow on MSNBC and Anderson Cooper on CNN have spent more time by far reporting on this non-event than any other story. Congressmen like Adam Schiff have created a career in media by selectively leaking bits of stories and then appearing on the news networks to "discuss" the supposed "news". But this is all coming to an end.
A few months ago, when the payment by the DNC and Hillary's campaign for the Trump Dossier was disclosed, the media started covering the story less and the Democrats began to reduce what they had to say about it. For a few weeks, they seemed not to know what to do. Then they came up with their new approach. The big story now is about the "need" to protect the special prosecutor and his office from interference and attack by Republicans who are "protecting" the President. For example, roughly once a day, my senator Richard Blumenthal tweets about how Congress has to act to prevent interference with the special prosecutor. In all these tweets, however, Blumenthal never tells us what interference has occurred. Nor has he ever mentioned any attacks on the special prosecutor. All we hear, however, is that the disclosure of the actual collusion by the DNC and the Clinton campaign to produce the Trump Dossier is somehow an attack by the GOP on the special prosecutor. That's a non sequitur.
I've seen more and more of the Democrats and their media allies going to this "protect the special prosecutor" lie. It's funny to watch these politicians and their toadies try to peddle a lie this outlandish. It's also sad though. There are millions of Americans who will buy into this lie without even knowing the facts. It's a danger to democracy. I don't believe it will work, though. I have more faith in the American people than the Democrats or the media do.
A few months ago, when the payment by the DNC and Hillary's campaign for the Trump Dossier was disclosed, the media started covering the story less and the Democrats began to reduce what they had to say about it. For a few weeks, they seemed not to know what to do. Then they came up with their new approach. The big story now is about the "need" to protect the special prosecutor and his office from interference and attack by Republicans who are "protecting" the President. For example, roughly once a day, my senator Richard Blumenthal tweets about how Congress has to act to prevent interference with the special prosecutor. In all these tweets, however, Blumenthal never tells us what interference has occurred. Nor has he ever mentioned any attacks on the special prosecutor. All we hear, however, is that the disclosure of the actual collusion by the DNC and the Clinton campaign to produce the Trump Dossier is somehow an attack by the GOP on the special prosecutor. That's a non sequitur.
I've seen more and more of the Democrats and their media allies going to this "protect the special prosecutor" lie. It's funny to watch these politicians and their toadies try to peddle a lie this outlandish. It's also sad though. There are millions of Americans who will buy into this lie without even knowing the facts. It's a danger to democracy. I don't believe it will work, though. I have more faith in the American people than the Democrats or the media do.
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