Courts, The New Campaign Trail
A note in reply to commenters on “More Lunatic Legal Coverage”
A quick note on this afternoon’s post, “More Lunatic Legal Coverage.”
Today’s story wasn’t about the merits of Donald Trump’s immunity argument or Jack Smith’s “election interference” prosecutions, but an effort to manipulate coverage by attributing to Trump and his legal team something that actually came from a judge.
We’re entering an unprecedented election season in which the fates of several candidates, including some independents to be profiled here, will be decided by legal battles instead of voters. This puts a premium on covering court proceedings accurately, because courts, unfortunately, are likely to be this year’s campaign trail.
Off in the morning, but for those asking about the focus on coverage SNAFUs, that’s why. It’ll be nice to have a tangible result from the GOP caucus in Iowa next week, but it might be bull and narratives all the way down after that. Anyway, more soon… have a good weekend, everyone.
I thought you were crystal clear in pointing out that the judge’s comments were being falsely attributed to Trump and his legal team by the dishonest Trump-hating MSM. Thank you for being unafraid to be a real journalist in an era where that is a rare trait. Don’t let the haters get you down. They are probably mostly shills for one candidate or another.
Since Matt mentioned the Iowa caucuses, and I'm bored and here already, I might as well add my 2 cents:
The only possible Republican who will win this year is Don J. Trump.
Even if the Repubs manage to pull off defeating him and crown DeSantis or Haley or someone else at their convention, there is NO WAY Trump goes quietly and doesn't run in Nov as an Independent.
He admirably has zero loyalty to the Republican Party, could really give a shit who the next prez is if it aint gonna be him, and needs to keep running in the hope of staying out of jail.
Prez DeSantis or Prez Haley is just a media enterprise, it's not happening this year.
Trump either wins the nomination or kneecaps the Repub candidate a la Teddy Roosevelt in 1912.