What a major buzzkill it must be to find out your friends think everything you’ve been talking about for two years regarding President Donald Trump “won’t matter politically.”
But that’s exactly what happened when MSNBC’s Chris Hayes asked his friends about all the Cohen-Manafort news yesterday.
He’s “impervious,” Hayes’ friends said. “Nothing that happens matters”:
Interesting takeaway from discussing yesterday's news with friends who are not news/politics junkies: a pervasive sense that nothing that happens matters to the Trump's fortunes, that he's impervious, and that all this stuff won't matter politically.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 22, 2018
But it gets better. Hayes then admitted he thinks this is “a view lots of reporters and those in the media more broadly share,” which is a giant WTF moment. As in, WTF are they spending so much time on it if it doesn’t matter politically? Why not cover other stories that do matter politically, like Mollie Tibbetts’ murder?
I think there's really good reason for people to think that, and I also think it's a view lots of reporters and those in the media more broadly share. But that perspective, itself, ends up empowering Trump bc people skate very quickly past what's actually unfolding.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 22, 2018
But it “should” matter, he says:
I think there's something similar with Kavanaugh: yes, *of course* Senate GOP is going to do anything and everything in their power to confirm him as fast as they can. But it's worth just asking the question of whether they should.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 22, 2018
And yes, *of course* House Republicans won't life a finger to hold Trump accountable. But again: put that aside and just ask: what should be happening?
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 22, 2018
Soulda. Coulda. Woulda.
We’ll see. The “crime” looks a lot like what happened to John Edwards and the raising of money from his supporters to fund his love child. Edward, remember, had those charges dismissed in 2012:
The president was accused in federal court of ordering the commission of a crime.
The crime itself was a successful attempt to cover up damaging information days before an election he very narrowly won.
We're in uncharted waters. We don't know what happens next.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 22, 2018
Flashback:
Historical tidbit: On 6/14/12, DOJ dropped prosecution of John Edwards over the nearly $1 million in payments his backers made to support his pregnant mistress during the 2008 presidential campaign (hidden from FEC) after a jury acquitted on one charge & deadlocked on the rest. pic.twitter.com/mLA2n50Obu
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 22, 2018
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Related:
Dear Sally Kohn: You spelled "Mollie Tibbetts" and "led [police] to the body" incorrectly. Please update! https://t.co/8UHC3BaCFA
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 22, 2018
"Fox News is talking about a girl in Iowa," said the CLUELESS liberal pundit on MSNBC https://t.co/fL9idAx7np
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 22, 2018
Thanks to Chris Hayes, we now know how the Left is REALLY going to use the Manafort/Cohen news against Trump https://t.co/VYoSs2XyBa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 22, 2018
What does this mean for Trump legally? Should he pardon Cohen? @BenShapiro explains https://t.co/Wzc0QTINgc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 22, 2018
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