Can I just say, with all due respect…
...no.
I signed up for his email blast months ago. I’ve been reading it pretty much every day ever since. In the overriding imperative of our time, which is bringing down the Turd Reich, he’s an ally. Period. And tonight, in one of his published pieces, I think he did a particularly good job, from his usual just-a-guy perspective, of bringing the pain.
Just to be very clear at what Trump is saying here, let's go through it step-by-step:
1. In a series of interviews beginning in December 2019 and ending in July 2020, Trump talks to Woodward, the legendary Washington Post reporter, about -- among other things -- how the coronavirus is transmitted (via droplets in the air), how much more serious it is than people realize and how he is purposely downplaying that severity to the public.
2. Woodward collects this information -- and lots of other information -- into a book entitled "Rage" that is set to be released on Tuesday.
3. When audio of Trump's conversations with Woodward leaked, he defended his assertions that he was intentionally downplaying the virus by noting that Woodward never went to the "authorities" when he heard what Trump was doing.
There's just one tiny little problem with this defense: BOB WOODWARD IS NOT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
And so on. I just wanted to post this to urge everyone to consider Cillizza someone whose content should be spread about as far and wide as possible. I’ve read him pretty much every day this year. His sins are few and far between.
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