Here, for extra credit, are comments from Tom Bossert, former Homeland Security Advisor in the Trump Administration and former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor in the Bush II administration. Bossert, who is now a, speaking to George Stephanopoulos on This Week, expressed his frustration with the "entire mess," noting
...I’ll tell you, the whole world is watching this. The removal of a president is a -- is a big and serious deal. But the removal of a president in not only a democracy but the biggest democracy in the world is really a weighty matter and I hope that everyone can sift through the evidence and be very careful, as I’ve seen a lot of rush to judgment this week. That said, it is a bad day and a bad week for this president and for this country if he is asking for political dirt on an opponent.About the theory the president is putting forward, that Ukraine was involved in hacking the DNC emails back in 2016, Bossert said that it's not true; he confirmed he had explained that to the president; and,
You know, I -- I don’t want to be glib about this matter, but last year retired former senator Judd Gregg wrote a piece in The Hill Magazine, saying the three ways or the five ways to impeach oneself. And the third way was to hire Rudy Giuliani. And at this point I am deeply frustrated with what he and the legal team is doing and repeating that debunked theory to the president. It sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again.And here's what Bossert had to say about the president's fixation on 2016:
...I honestly believe this president has not gotten his pound of flesh yet from past grievances on the 2016 investigation. I believe he and his legal team have been looking into this, probably even prior to Joe Biden announcing that he would run for president. And they’re continuing to focus on everything they can, in their belief -- understandably, in this case -- that the president was wrongly accused of colluding with Russia the first time around. But George, if he continues to focus on that white whale, it’s going to bring him down. Enough. The investigation’s over. There was no evidence of collusion. He’s won and he should take that victory and move forward.Funny -- whenever someone says that Democrats can't get over losing in 2016, I've suggested that the president is the one who can't get over winning in 2016. Seems I'm in good company.
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ReplyDeleteNo question there are Dems who are stuck in that particular rut now. ANd to some degree, it happens after every election - remember McConnell's primary goal after 2008 was to make sure Barack Obama was a one-term president? That didn't happen, and Mitch did everything possible to prevent Obama from accomplishing much of anything in his second term. But this is the first time that I can remember the winner personally being the one who can't get over it, jeopardizing his own presidency with his hate, rage or whatever it is towards those who done him wrong - it's nuts.
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