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No, I think that Liberals really do see this as the most important issue in constructing their mythical Liberal utopia.
Unlikely. They do know what they’re doing, just like O’Brien in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Take note of how the POTUS uses the many scandals as a smokescreen to force through his agenda by executive fiat, and remains untouched by said scandals, even thinking he can shrug them off as “phony”.