Posted on 03/18/2018 5:11:43 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
PBS NEWSHOUR: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s firing amid a wave of rumors about a wider Cabinet shakeup, Pennsylvania’s stunning election upset and Sen. Jeff Flake’s comments about 2020.
Brooks, who identifies as a conservative, lamented that Trump is "anti-system" and won't work through what he said is the "vast apparatus" in the White House.
"Trump is getting Trumpier, and the administration is getting Trumpier," Brooks said. ....
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The scribe said he has spent much time with Trump supporters in the last week and tried to rationalize why Trump "still" has a 90% approval rating among Republicans. Brooks determined that these people "have tuned in out" in regards to hirings and firings. He found that they support the administration and "like the big things about it" such as the tax bill.
Unable to process how one could support Trump, Brooks said he consistently asks "them" a line of "what about" questions.
"They have tuned it out," he said of the Trump supporter. "They support the administration. They like the big things about it, the tax bill, the deregulation, that kind of thing. And I always ask them, what about this, what about this, the things we frankly talk about a lot every week."
"It just sort of drifts by them unnoticed," Brooks observed. "And so if you want to know why he’s still got 90 percent approval roughly among Republicans, I think that’s the answer. A lot of things that would cause most people to shake their heads.
He said what Trump does just doesn't "rise to the level of consciousness" of a Trump supporter.
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There is a reason for that.
Most of us in the real world deal with hiring and firing on a regular basis and we don't think government service should be a lifetime job.
Frankly I am horrified at some of these people who have been in the House or Senate multiple decades. I am even more horrified at how many of them have become millionaires while in office.
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