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June 4, 2018 at 7:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Jim VandeHei: In our lifetime, no president has matched Donald Trumps ability to summon the power of the pulpit, friendly media, and the tweet-by-tweet power of repetition and persuasion to move minds en masse.
You see this in the silence of Republican critics; the instant shifts in GOP views of the FBI, Putin and deficits; and the quick, widespread adoption of his branding efforts around deep state, Spygate and no collusion. We hear so much, so often that we become numb to what Trump is doing. This allows big things (such as fundamental shifts in governing norms) to seem like small things or nothing at all.
Trump and allies are floating untested legal arguments: The president cant obstruct justice, or can unilaterally shut down probes of himself, or can even pardon himself. If you think he wont try something unprecedented and maybe get away with it, at least with Republicans you arent paying attention.
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TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:34 PM - Edit history (1)
And people start to think that it is true. And the MSM apparently didn't get that memo from the 1930's because they are great at repeating lies.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)Of his persuasions and mind control over his supporters. She talked back to me me and I snapped and killed her. I am justified and you dont arrest a president because I am above the law.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)If the Supreme Court backs Trump then we need to take to the streets. I don't think it will come to that.