Justice Thomas? At least put down the magazine!
Chief Justice Thomas: Hey!
Denny gasps.
Alan turns to smile delightedly. Denny makes a fist in triumph.
The countdown as I write this, when everyone from the president to all the people you’ve called or texted who can get to a TV, radio, or WiFi is at eight minutes.
Will this be a dud, Mueller merely saying “hey” or will this be a real bombshell.
Seven minutes.
Talking heads on MSNBC are filling time.
Zero: Mueller speaks…
Zero plus nine minutes:
Did Robert Mueller say more than hey? Of course he did.
He said that if Trump was exonerated the report would have concluded this. The report did not exonerate Trump.
However will Trump supporters hear this? Do they even know the meaning of exonerated?
Will they read beyond the deceptive headline:
The headline on the Fox New opening page for this story is Special counsel makes rare public statement to resign, says team was unable to charge Trump. Here the crucial misleading terms are “unable to charge Trump.”
The New York Times headline is very different: “Mueller, in First Comments on Russia Inquiry, Declines to Clear Trump,” the same with the Washington Post headlines: “As he exits, Mueller suggests only Congress can ‘formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing’” and “Mueller reiterates that his probe could not clear Trump of obstruction.”
Will the brains of the Fox-washed Trump worshippers understand what Mueller really said? Of course not. Their viewers will understand “not an option” to mean that it wasn’t an option because their hero would never commit a crime, only Democrats commit crimes up to and including treason.
Sensible people will understand that Robert Mueller informally, i’e., not legally, but clearly indicted Trump. GOP members of Congress won’t be surprised. They already knew that Trump was guilty. However the voters who elected them watch Fox News and those knuckle draggers aren’t capable of putting taking off the MAGA hats which are apparently cutting off blood flow to their brains and realising that they have been duped.
Mueller said a lot more than “hey.”