“ It kept Trump and his supporters at bay for four years”
That statement flagged as simply a foolish opinion.
Perhaps...
But on the other hand, it gave the most radical of Trump's supporters hope that a mythical cabal would swoop in at any moment to save the Republic and destroy the Deep State -- keeping them from taking a more rambunctious option like what we saw on January 6th or worse.
And when their saviors fell away (Sessions, Huber, Wray, Rosentstein, Barr, Durham, etc.), they just moved the goalposts with a new set of heroes.
Again, it's surprising so many were taken in...
“ It kept Trump and his supporters at bay for four years”
That statement flagged as simply a foolish opinion.
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I think it makes a lot of sense as we watched Trump either hire or keep on dumpster fire after dumpster fire. Barr is by far the biggest with Wray right behind but the list of bad hires by Trump is really amazing.