And that means even more storylines to feed the "it's just politics" narrative.Ĭheck out this tweet from Donald Trump from Friday: "Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats. Trump and Assange are on point regarding "discovery:" that is, the right of the party you're suing to dig around in your records. The problem for DNC chair Tom Perez is that, if this lawsuit goes forward, Mr. As of the end of February, the DNC had $10.1 million in the bank, but owed $6.3 million, according to Federal Election Commission records." As CBS News' Kathryn Watson notes in her reporting, "The DNC is dealing with significant debt after the 2016 election, and lags behind the Republican National Committee in fundraising. Speaking of strategy, the conventional wisdom is that this lawsuit is just a fundraising strategy for the Democrats, too, and not a pursuit of justice. Now he R's counter and force them to turn over a treasure trove of material, including Servers and Emails!" No wonder President Trump couldn't contain his glee, expressed over Twitter this weekend: "So funny the Democrats have sued the Republicans for Winning. Everything that promotes the partisan angle on this story-from the embarrassingly-anti-Trump texts between FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to the fact that the lawyers on Mueller's team have donated almost exclusively to Democrats-all this is good news for Trump's defense.
Trump supporters already believe special counsel Robert Mueller and his allies are just out to "get Trump," and that the entire #Russiagate saga is really just sour grapes from Trump haters who can't believe he won. What screams "partisan politics" more than being sued by an actual political party, and over the results of an election its candidate lost? But even more helpful is how these cases play into the narrative crafted by the president's defenders: It's all just politics.įor example, the mere fact that the DNC is suing the Trump campaign (and Russia and Wikileaks and "John Does 1-10," etc.) helps Team Trump. This flurry of court filings is fantastic news for a guy like Trump, in part because his base loves it when he's fighting.
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