It’s fascinating to read the reactions from the National Review set to this. They’ve always hated her for being an ingrate (and I’m sure being a black, Muslim woman didn’t help) but rather than defend Trump’s action on its face, they’ve adopted this sort of, ‘to be sure, this is a bit of an issue and an extreme move, but oh well, that’s what can happen sometimes’ line. Rich Lowry wrote a bizarre half jokey take as if this isn’t an attempt by the President to use the justice department to banish a political opponent!
Perfectly put. And the quality press once again are half-hearted in their reporting of this shocking attack on democratic values.
I cannot help but think of Dreyfus.
It’s fascinating to read the reactions from the National Review set to this. They’ve always hated her for being an ingrate (and I’m sure being a black, Muslim woman didn’t help) but rather than defend Trump’s action on its face, they’ve adopted this sort of, ‘to be sure, this is a bit of an issue and an extreme move, but oh well, that’s what can happen sometimes’ line. Rich Lowry wrote a bizarre half jokey take as if this isn’t an attempt by the President to use the justice department to banish a political opponent!
Really our entire society is sliding toward barbarism, in big and small ways.