This press conference is one of the most impressive performances of aggrieved masculine entitlement I've ever seen, and I once asked a Princeton lacrosse player to stop pissing in my trashcan.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) November 7, 2018
As the tag goes: Riveted by the sociological significance…
Senate can't actually investigate House, and POTUS can't investigate anyone, and investigations aren't a game, but other than that, this is a Powerful Threat! Dems ignore at their peril! https://t.co/RDmnImX5vt
— Roland B. Hedley Jr. (@RealRBHJr) November 7, 2018
Up till now, Nixon’s ‘You won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around any more’ speech was supposed to be the exemplar of national-stage political self-pity. Trump’s press conference yesterday bids fair to unseat it. Per ace Trump-rally reporter Daniel Dale:
Trump: "The candidates that I supported" had "tremendous success." He is pointing to the candidates he had rallies for. Left unsaid: the vulnerable House Republicans did not want him to have rallies for them.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 7, 2018
In the House, Trump says, they overcame "a historic number of retirements." Left unsaid: there were so many GOP retirements in part because incumbents knew this election would be bad.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 7, 2018
Asked if he expects investigations on everything from his tax returns to his cellphone use, Trump says, "If that happens, we're going to do the same thing. And government comes to a halt. And I would blame them."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 7, 2018
white house aide: ey, yo, jim acosta, imma let u finish but donald trump is the best president of all time fam
acosta: nah pic.twitter.com/d8RgyrUlP6
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) November 7, 2018
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