Republicans—and some of the toolier hacks in the media—have their talking point on Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions’ abrupt firing of James Comey as FBI director. How can Democrats oppose it, they wonder, when Democrats had been critical of Comey for tipping the election to Trump? As if one cannot think Comey was terrible and did terrible things and still think there are bad reasons for firing him. Like, for instance, being under investigation by him.
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Here’s the thing, guys: It’s possible to think Comey acted unprofessionally and unpardonably and created a disaster for the nation and still see a wee small problem when the disaster he created fires him on a flimsy pretext while said disaster or his close associates are under investigation by the guy being fired.
There were good reasons and bad reasons to fire Comey, and Trump and Sessions’ attempt to convince Democrats and anyone else that they were firing him for good reasons is laughable. So the question everyone’s asking is, what are the bad reasons? And the answer everyone is coming up with is Russia, and that is not a good look. That is, in fact, a really, really bad look. A scary one, even.
Republicans have a vested interest in this one, but why can’t the media understand that Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time when it comes to Comey and his firing?
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