The Washington Political Elite Want The Russian Scandal To Bring Down Trump, But Do The Voters Really Care?
Lack of evidence
What evidence is there that the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow in trying to sway the presidential election?
What have we actually learned?
It is easy to forget as Washington goes into full scandal mode that there is not a shred of evidence that anyone in Mr Trump’s circle knew anything about the Russian hack at the time, much less that there was any collusion.
Confounding words
Mr Trump’s words and actions may be confounding. But that is hardly evidence of guilt.
Instead they are a reminder of how we got here. Voters – with some help from the electoral college – turned against a tired elite with little understanding of the world beyond the liberal cities in last year’s election. The result was a victory for an untested outsider over the status quo.
Now Washington is pushing back, with Senate and House hearings, subpoenas and briefings.
It is already turning out to be a very good year for lawyers.
There may yet come a point when the scandal begins to resonate further afield but for the time being Republicans with an eye on next year’s mid-term elections say they aren’t hearing voters bring up the Russia scandal. On the doorstep they want to talk about health care, taxes and jobs just like they did last year.
That could change but so far the rest of America is tuning out the TV talking heads and their outrage.
So while one half of Washington lawyers up and the other half dreams of impeachment, the rest of America goes about its business. Oh to be a lawyer in Washington!
I agree with Trump 100% on at least one thing. The mainstream media is the greatest enemy of the American people.
It is currently the most rapacious thing in America @skycornish
Nice political view/post. It seems that alot of ppl are wakening up for these kind of facts.
Thanks @styxer - being a Brit I try to stay balanced looking in from the outside.
Media only shows us what it wants to.
Totally agreed on that one @rocksg - in India it's even worse!!
yes you got it right.
some love over here:)
Home alone now?? I hope the hubby left you $10K for home running costs whilst gone ... (then sells for BTC and buys Steem and SBD! Hee-hee!) :)
Even if they manage to find a straw, this has become a broken record, its lost its taste and at this point no one really cares....Once the headlines concern it and skip right through
If Trump wants to make a go of his Presidency he needs to focus on what got him elected: Jobs, trade, and upholding the rule of law. If he gets pulled into fighting the swamp monsters, or puts much on the "too difficult" pile (as he's done with DACA), or fails to get his agenda through, then he'll be lucky to last a term, and the GOP will have a very difficult 2018.
Very true, very true... i could not of put it better... i feel like its his personality to always win, that's why he can be bated into a never ending debate.... plus he needs something to lift American tourism, I think that the biggest sector that can really tank under his Presidency
I'll just pack my bags and grab the passport right now @daudimitch ... on my way over ;)
hahahahahahaha....it only thinks a tweet and everyone would be excited about coming to America again... Its still the greatest nation on earth
Yeah, it's one of most beautifully diverse places on earth. I've already been to 30 of the 50 states. Hawaii and Alaska are my joint-favourites.
It all seems like a big reality tv show.
Exactly @deserttree. As good an example as any that the agenda of the insiders is not that of the electorate.
If you repeat a lie enough times it will take on an aura of truth to the uninformed. This repetition creates the "they" in "they said" and we all conform to the crowd or are shunned.
I heard a new word the other day that I liked @metanoia: people + sheep = sheeple!
Oh, the sheeple moniker has been a strong one for quite some time now. We were all sheeple once... that's what public education and mass media's for, isn't it?
I guess I called it The Matrix before that. We are now citizens of Zion here on Steemit. Happy days @metanoia :)