One of Donald Trumps scariest advisors is not even in his cabinet. Understanding the presidency of Donald J. Takes America down a dark path. One we have been to before, but it's worse this time.
When Donald Trump was younger he hired mob lawyer Roy Cohn to help him with some legal problems. The Cohn/Trump bond doesn't end there. Cohn shaped the way Donald Trump conducts himself. Cohn told Trump when they attack you " hit back ten times harder". Cohn would also mentor Trump into believing that if you say it loud enough it will become true.
Earlier in Cohn's career, he was hired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Senator Joe McCarthy went on a communist witch hunt. He proclaimed that he had a list of people who were working in the state department as spies for the communist party. There was no basis for this claim, no evidence to present other than the mouth of Senator McCarthy.
Journalist Edward R Murrow exposed McCarthy for what he was. A fraudulent demagogue "who made us insecure at home and gave comfort to our enemies". The damage was done by then. Lives were destroyed and reputations were already ruined. It seemed McCarthy had already won.
McCarthy even responded by accusing Murrow of using propaganda to aid the communist cause. He also accused Murrow of being from the industrial workers of the world. A claim that entirely false. " He proved that anyone who doesn't share his total disregard for decency must be a communist. Murrow won. American citizens got tired of McCarthy. McCarthy was eventually censured.
Both Cohn and McCarthy are no longer with us today, but their alive and well in the White House. Any reporter who exposes Trump is "fake news". Judges who strike down his legislation are " so called judges". Former President Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya and bus loads of people illegally voted in New Hampshire. These are just examples of blatant lies told by Trump. Like McCarthy Trump doubles down on these lies. Now it is up to the American people to decipher fact from fiction.
When progressives say Republicans will take you back to the 1950’s they were not kidding. This time Joe McCarthy is President of the United States. Think about that for a second. This is why facts still matter because Edward R. Murrow hit back harder.
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Derek Avery- Patz