Rachel Maddow reporting:
ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THIS SCANDAL-RIDDEN TIME IN OUR NATIONAL LIFE, ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THIS UNPRECEDENTEDLY SCANDAL-RIDDEN PRESIDENCY IS UNFORTUNATELY THAT VERY SERIOUS THINGS, VERY SHOCKING THINGS EVEN, TEND TO JUST PASS BY.
EVEN THE MOST SERIOUS THINGS, THEY JUST PASS BY.
I MEAN, THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WAS SENT TO PRISON.
THE PRESIDENT’S DEPUTY CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WAS ALSO SENT TO PRISON.
THE PRESIDENT’S SELF-NAMED CHARITY WAS SHUT DOWN AS AN ONGOING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
HIS CHILDREN ARE HENCE FORTH RESTRICTED BY LAW FROM EVEN BEING ASSOCIATED WITH CHARITIES
THE PRESIDENT’S UNIVERSITY WAS SHUT DOWN AS A SCAM AND HE TO PAY $25 MILLION TO SETTLE FRAUD CLAIMS AGAINST IT.
THE PRESIDENT WAS IMPEACHED
THEN THE PRESIDENT RETALIATED AGAINST ALL OF THE WITNESSES THAT TESTIFIED IN THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS.
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HE INTERVENED TO CHANGE THE FBI PLANS FOR THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING TO BENEFIT HIS DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTEL.
THE PRESIDENT’S SISTER HAD TO RESIGN AS JUDGE, TO AVOID AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO TAX EVASION SCHEMESN SHE AND THE PRESIDENT BENEFITTED FROM, IN TERMS OF THE FAMILY FORTUNE THEY BOTH INHERITED.
SHE GAVE UP HER LIFETIME APPOINTMENT AS A JUDGE SO THAT WOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT.
>>> THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET SECRETARIES AND HIGH LEVEL APPOINTEES, NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISERS,
DEFENSE SECRETARIES.
WHITE HOUSE CHIEFS OF STAFF,
WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTORS.
HAND PICKED SENIOR ADVISORS, THEY HAVE ALL BASICALLY RUN SCREAMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WARNING PUBLICLY HOW DANGEROUS UNFIT HE IS TO BE NEAR THE PRESIDENCY.
EVEN NOW, HE IS RANDOMING SUPPORTING A SO-CALLED MIRACLE CURE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, SAYING HE IS TAKING IT AND YOU SHOULD TOO. INCIDENTALLY, IT’S BEEN DISPROVEN AS A CURE FOR CORONQ VIRUS OH AND BY THE WAY, IT’S KILLING SOME PEOPLE.
THOSE ENDORSEMENTS OF HIS MIRACLE CURE WERE BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER HE SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE AMERICANS SHOULD INGEST DISINFECTANTS TO CLEAN OUT THE VIRUS FROM INSIDE OUR BODIES.
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>>> THE PRESIDENT WHO PUT THE GUY WHO GAVE JEFFREY EPSTEIN HIS GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD INTO HIS CABINET. REMEMBER ALEX ACOSTA?
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT WHO PUT HIS SON’S WEDDING PLANNER IN CHARGE OF FEDERAL HOUSING IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES.
JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS WE WERE TOLD THAT HE WAS INFORMED OF RUSSIA OFFERING BOUNTIES ON US TROOPS – HE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL.
HE WAS OFFERED A MENU OF POSSIBLE ACTS OF RETALIATION AGAINST RUSSIA, AND HE CHOSE I WILL DO NOTHING.
THESE THINGS JUST PASS BY.
IT’S THE PRESIDENT WHO PRESSURED THE POST OFFICE TO GO AFTER AMAZON, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIKE THE WAY THE NEWSPAPER OWNED BY THE AMAZON GUY COVERS HIM IN IS PRESIDENCY.
HE FIRED AN INSPECTOR GENERAL, AMONG MANY HE FIRED.
HE FIRED ONE THAT WAS INVESTIGATING THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS WIFE
HE FIRED THAT INSPECTOR GENERAL BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF STATE ASKED HIM TOO.
THIS IS THE GUY WHO TRIED TO GET THE G-7 MEETING HELD AT HIS GOLF CLUB IN FLORIDA.
HE ADVERTISED HIS WIFE’S JEWELRY LINE ON THE WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE, COMPLETE WITH THE TRADEMARK NOTE.
>>> THIS PRESIDENT APPARENTLY BELIEVES THAT FREDERICK DOUGLAS IS STILL ALIVE.
AND THAT THE STATUE OF A RANDOM BRONCO RIDER IN HIS OFFICE IS TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT WHO RANDOMLY TOOK A SURPRISE EMERGENCY TRIP TO WALTER READ MILITARY HOSPITAL AND WON’T SAY WHAT IS FOR.
THIS PRESIDENT CHANGED A HURRICANE FORECAST TO ONE THAT HE LIKED BETTER THAN THE REAL ONE
AND THEN MADE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAY THEY AGREED WITH HIS MADE-UP VERSION.
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BUT BY VIRTUE OF THE SHEAR NUMBER OF SCANDALS THAT SURROUND
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HIM LIKE FLIES AROUND PIG PEN, THESE HAVE JUST BECOME PART OF
WHAT WE EXPECT, RIGHT? WE HAVE A MOMENTUMARY SHOCK AND NEW LEVEL OF INTEREST AND THEN WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
THEY ALL JUST PASS BY. (normalized by a lazy, thoughtless electorate and complicate Republican Party who is behold to serving the top one percent of this nation, and disregarding the rest.)