It was great. It could not have been better. No obstruction. No collusion. It couldnt have been better. The president is painting with a broad brush there. Hes suggesting that hes seen the Mueller Report when theres no evidence that he has. Now to be generous, the president isnt always precise with his language so assume that hes conflating the Mueller Report with attorney general barrs four page summary of it which is all anybody has seen but even then hes falsely characterizing the collusion. It does not say theres no obstruction of justice. It says that he, the attorney general decided not to pursue an obstruction case and it is the passage quoting while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. As to the no collusion claim its certainly more favorable to team trump and good news for the country. But the fact that the president didnt do that is good news for america. Quoting from the barr summer, quote, special counsels inves
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The politics lead, President Trump is not backing away from his stunningly racist attack on the group of minority members of congress, instead trying to defend it, denying it ras racist and spewing more divisiveness. These are people that, in my opinion, hate our country. All im saying if theyre not happy here, they could leave. They can leave and you know what im sure theyll be many people that wont miss them. Yesterday mr. Trump tweeted that Progressive Democratic koltwoman who, quote, originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe should, quote, go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places and then come back and show us how it is. You cant leave fast enough. The president was seeming to identify Rasheed Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley and alexandria ocasiocortez and ilhan omar who came to the u. S. As a child, a refugee from somalia and been a u. S. Citizen since a teenager, longer than the fir