Nancy Pelosi makes explicit what has been widely assumed but unstated: If Democrats win the House, “I will run for speaker.” https://t.co/0aEoxmLa43
— Russell Berman (@russellberman) May 1, 2018
“It’s important that it not be five white guys at the table, no offense,” Pelosi said, referring to the top two leadership spots in the House and Senate and the presidency. “I have no intention of walking away from that table.” https://t.co/KsqV9I4Mqm
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) May 1, 2018
And a dozen Democrats running in ‘red to purple’ districts get to shake their heads sadly, before explaining how they, of course, would never vote for that mean ol’ lady Pelosi. Thereby sparing them from having to make promises that might actually get them into trouble, when (if) they’re elected. (Just as I would never run away with George Clooney for a wild weekend at his Italian villa — it wouldn’t be fair to poor Amal. The certainty that Mr. Clooney is not about to ask me in no way negates my feminist solidarity.)
Across the aisle, a million miles away…
Paul Ryan says increased moral relativism has made Congress a worse place than when he first started.@stephenfhayes asks if President Trump's election was a symptom of that moral relativism.
“Nice try," Ryan replies, chuckling. "You think I’m going to take that?”
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) April 30, 2018
There’s more and more recognition all the time—and rightly so under Trump—that right wing politics is built on this foundation of feigned outrage and bad faith.
And it all goes out the window, as it did this weekend, when when conservatives direct the bad faith at the media. https://t.co/CZhIiwPUCF
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 2, 2018
It is vast and correct consensus of the press corps that if Obama was one-tenth as corrupt and dishonest as Trump, the right would have been even more awash in fake outrage than it was from 2009-2016.
Yet this consensus occasions no systemic rethinking of how to cover politics.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 2, 2018
Nobody doubts that this is true, and yet when the balance of power shifts again, the right will resume pretending to be outraged over nonsense, and reporters in general (though not Swin specifically) will proceed as if it’s all sincere. https://t.co/JtyiC90lXN
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 2, 2018
Nah, it would’ve still been fake, because as we are seeing, Republicans don’t actually care about corruption and dishonesty, per se.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 2, 2018
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