Opinion: How do we avoid another 'But her emails' in 2020?
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate in 2016. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 21 at 3:30 PM Republicans erupted in outrage Tuesday upon learning that a Cabinet officer has been using a private email account for official business. Long known for their unshakable commitment to proper information technology practices, the GOP pledged that this abuse of authority would not stand.
Of course, I’m kidding about the outrage, just as I’m kidding in suggesting the Republicans’ feigned outrage in 2016 over Hillary Clinton’s use of private email was rooted in their unshakable commitment to I.T. security. This DeVos story once again gives away the game. That, like everything else journalists do, was a choice. Every day, they chose to write about her emails and not, say, health-care policy or climate change or the fact that the Republican nominee was an obvious con artist.
We also know that when he makes those scurrilous charges, every Republican in sight will rush to the cameras to repeat them, and Fox News will quickly devote hours of time to conservatives saying how deeply troubling “it” is.
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