.MaddowBlog: Sen. Rand Paul helps capture the GOP’s troubles in defending Pres. Trump.
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial hasn’t even begun yet, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made up his mind. So has Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham . It’s against this backdrop that CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Sen. Rand Paul yesterday, “[A]re you still keeping an open mind about this, or have you already decided you will acquit the president?”
One of the core elements of the broader scandal is the simple fact that the American president pressured foreign countries to go after a domestic political rival, effectively taking steps to cheat ahead of his 2020 re-election campaign. For Rand Paul, the fact that Trump referred to a Democratic rival, but didn’t literally use the word “rival,” is somehow significant.
For another, as Tapper reminded the senator, if Trump were a true anti-corruption crusader, he probably wouldn’t have surrounded himself with a bunch of criminals, including former top aides who are currently in prison. First, that’s not what Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said. Second, whether Rand Paul appreciates the factual details or not, Carter Page clearly had a great deal to do with Russia.
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