Sasse: Trump's Khashoggi statement was "very weak."
"Making a realist case is a different thing than being so weak that we fail to tell the truth." pic.twitter.com/upD5Ixkdx6
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) November 25, 2018
Sasse: Trump’s Khashoggi Statement Was ‘Very Weak,’ Failed ‘To Tell The Truth’
7 days of relentless Donnie lies makes one weak.
Free month of Prime for first Sunday show guest who says “lie”.
When the king (Ben Sasse) of weak statements, that are completely divorced from any actual action, says someone else’s statement was weak you know we are through the looking glass. I can’t believe the press continues to give him a pass with his hand wringing statements that lead nowhere.
I’m not a big fan of BS myself but in this case, give him credit, he makes an important intellectual point. I had not thought through the difference between realism and weakness in that way.
He has provided logic through which we can more effectively articulate and demonstrate Trump’s weakness.
On some level I must not be as tired of this as I feel, because I keep doing it, but help me understand why Sasse’s ineffectual hand-wringing should somehow be the press’s fault. Should they tell him they won’t give him any publicity until he starts taking authenticity pills? What do you want, exactly? There’s not enough ink in the world to yell at every two-faced person in public life. Maybe he himself should bear the bulk of the criticism? Call me crazy.