I’ll keep this short.
The Mueller Report is quite clear. Trump and his people engaged in treason, conspiracy and obstruction. Russia significantly impacted the election. The Mueller Report lays out a clear case for impeachment. I’ve read the report myself. It is crystal clear. Unambiguous.
The Democratic leadership have failed spectacularly, They have failed to control the narrative around the report, failed to protect the country and the Constitution and failed to lead in a way that will inspire voters to turn out for Democrats in 2020.
While it’s true the Barr got a bit of a jump in setting the narrative around the Mueller Report, I think many fail to understand the immense impact Democratic congressional leaders had on public opinion by essentially throwing up their hands and doing more-or-less nothing.
People expected the GOP to dismiss the report and to lie about the report. But with the Democratic leadership also essentially dismissing the Mueller Report, most Americans (99.99% of whom will never read the report) have decided it was no big deal. The media has done the same thing. Without the Democratic leadership controlling the narrative the media has just walked away.
The Mueller Report loses more of its power every day it is not acted upon. By letting it sit, the Democratic leadership has rendered the Mueller Report insignificant. The chance for the Mueller Report to have a major impact has passed. Moving forward with impeachment now that the opportunity has been lost looks desperate and, to many, dishonest.
This is a massive and consequential failure that cannot be undone. I’m not even sure at this point how it might be fixed.
Schumer, Pelosi and crew should have been on the steps of the Capitol the day after the report was released pointing out every crime detailed by the Special Counsel and announcing the start of hearings. Investigative committees should be looking aggressively into these and other crimes and they should have been talking about the report and the crimes non-stop since.
“The American people deserve better!”
“There shouldn’t be a criminal and foreign agent in that White House!”
Come on, the messaging is simple.
The Mueller Report is damning. Damning. Again, I read it. That this report has essentially been blown over will haunt us Democrats in 2020 and haunt this country for decades. It’s a BFD. Make no mistake.
The Democratic congressional leadership is now complicit. The GOP did the crimes. The Democratic leadership let the crimes slide. Just like with the crimes of the Bush Administration and the crimes of Wall Street leading up to 2008, Democrats continually let fear, weakness and polling lead them in the opposite direction of what is right, legal and ultimately, good politics.
This cadre of leadership allows crimes to happen thus making more crimes likely. It’s time for them to go. And now we have Biden essentially saying the same thing: Meh. No big deal. It’s a big fucking deal, Joe.
As Jeet Heer correctly tweeted yesterday:
“The Pelosi/Schumer decision to defuse the Mueller Report is one of the most consequential events of recent politics. I think they made a mistake and will demobilize Democratic voters in 2020. I genuinely hope I’m wrong.”
Your not, Jeet. Your not.
Rip away.