February 9, 2021 at 9:29 PM
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“You know what Mitch’s biggest thing is in the whole world? His judges…. He will absolutely ask me, please let’s get the judge approved instead of 10 ambassadors.”
That’s what Trump told Bob Woodward for Woodward’s latest book. It’s one of many honest moments over the course of those interviews that underscore how remarkably clueless Trump was about everything going on around him in the White House. The idea that McConnell’s obsession with judges was some sort of juicy observation to gift upon the literal archetype of a D.C. journalist betrayed a child-like naïveté that could only be explained by Trump being gloriously stupid or covering for his behind-the-scenes efforts to fight a secret cabal of sex trafficking cultists who drink baby blood. Occam’s Razor!
motivation involved. and quite honestly, i agree with the young senator mcconnell. the reason we have this problem is because we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code under the guise of a charity to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. i think he would resent that remark, the young mcconnell, even if he agreed with you. there s some news this morning, a new cnn poll that has the president s approval ratings in pretty good territory but also a view there is not an overreaction on the gop, whether on the irs or benghazi and a view whether it s the irs, benghazi or the a.p., a majority saying these are very important issues for the country. so as a matter of how much, congressman, this infects the rest of the president s agenda, what do you see? well, i think that obviously this may increase the need for tax reform because the complexity of the code is such that it s a problem. but let me just in answer to wh
the young senator mcconnell. the reason we have this problem is because we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code under the guise of a charity to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. i think he would resent that remark, the young mcconnell, even if he agreed with you. there s some news this morning, a new cnn poll that has the president s approval ratings in pretty good territory but also a view there is not an overreaction on the gop, whether on the irs or benghazi and a view whether it s the irs, benghazi or the a.p., a majority saying these are very important issues for the country. so as a matter of how much, congressman, this infects the rest of the president s agenda, what do you see? well, i think that obviously this may increase the need for tax reform because the complexity of the code is such that it s a problem. but let me just in answer to what xavier said, there s
in search of answers, or are we in search of scandals? it s a different thing to say what happened in cincinnati with the irs goes all the way to the white house. there is no evidence. in fact, the inspector general who looked into this at the irs said there was no political motivation involved. and quite honestly, i agree with the young senator mcconnell. the reason we have this problem is because we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code under the guise of a charity to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. i think he would resent that remark, the young mcconnell, even if he agreed with you. look, there s some news this morning, a new cnn poll that has the president s approval rating in operaty good territory, but also a view there is not an overreaction on the gop, whether on the irs or benghazi and a view whether it s the irs, benghazi or the a.p., a majority saying these are very important issues for the c