Opinion: Democrats have done Republicans a huge favor
By Hugh Hewitt Hugh Hewitt Bio Follow May 5 at 2:07 PM After the release of the report written by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Democrats had two options: They could either attempt to inflate the narrative of obstruction of justice that the special counsel hinted at but did not act upon , or they could attack the messenger who transmitted the report that so deeply disappointed them: Attorney General William P. Barr.
In attacking Barr, Democrats hurt themselves. Not only did they appear desperate after their “bet everything on Mueller” wager went bust, but they proceeded to cement the alliance between President Trump and establishment Republicans in a way that had not occurred before. In trashing Barr — just as they trashed now-Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh — Democrats have run up their colors, unfurling their pirate flag. It isn’t about opposing Trump; it’s about destroying anyone who opposes their ideas.
Lots of establishment Republicans were already warming to Trump because of his judicial nominations and his military budgets, and more than a few have become impressed by his in-the-tench fight for long-ignored constituencies such as the union employees in Lordstown, Ohio, who recently lost their jobs at a GM plant, despite the company making off with $50 billion in taxpayer bailout money, crushing their bondholders in the process.
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