Again — because his daughter is shilling for (and apparently, from time to time, hosting) this goofy hard right “supposed law” podcast, John Hinderaker offers us ever-more dishonest analysis of an interview Tangerine 2.0 did this morning on network television…
In his post, and his daughter’s podcast, he tries to make the case that the $1.8 billion slush fund — to benefit violent and convicted criminals… is no different than civil settlements the DoJ has paid out under prior administrations to victims of governmental race and gender discrimination.
Preposterous.
To start, neither Bush nor Clinton nor Obama directly benefitted from the arms-length settling race and gender discrimination suits. In contrast, Trump would here be directly paying HIS violent “shock troops” — which stormed the Capitol on J6, at his urging. Essentially his campaign workers, who also happen to now be convicted felons (ones he pardoned).
Second, in Bivens-type actions, it is usually FBI or DHS or ICE agents that are beating and shooting law-abiding residents. Those are the prior settled cases he claims are the same as his slush payouts.
Ridiculous.
Finally, it is reasonably likely that some Trump political operative(s) will be collecting various kick-backs, from every potential payout before any cash is turned over to the supposed settling J6 violent felon(s), for beating DC cops.
But through it all, John would tell us that this is just standard procedure — when blue forces are in control of DC. Anyone with a working brain knows that is a lie.
The good news here is that this corrupt nonsense idea is already DOA.
Here endeth the sermon.
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Perhaps the dumbest statement in John’s very, very dumb (and dishonest) post was:
I wonder: Did that sound smarter in John’s head before he typed it? I must have, right? Nobody would intentionally write something that dumb.
Does he not remember when Obama ordered a hot dog with Grey Poupon? Or wore a tan suit? Or stopped wearing a flag lapel pin when it became a conservative touchstone? Or when he saluted a soldier with a latte in his hand? Obama put up with so much ridiculous bullshit from the press, without ever resorting to whining and screaming and insulting the reporter and storming away in an effete huff.
The adversarial nature of that interview was due to exactly one person, and it wasn’t Kristen Welker
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I know this sounds insane… But I must admit watching tangerine whine and perform before the cameras… actually makes me long for the time when Bush 43 and even Dick Cheney interviewed on TV…
That is an extremely sad development, in the field of American political journalism… And just as you say, it is not the fault of the journalists.
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