White House: Trump's Fascism Was Just a Typo
So, the Trump administration didn't actually want to weaponize the Justice Department against political opponents; it was just an accidental public broadcast of a private, weaponized thought. This 'oopsie' defense conveniently sidesteps the consistent pattern of presidential rhetoric demanding investigations into perceived adversaries, from James Comey to Hillary Clinton. One might recall how
often figures like AIPAC-backed Senator Lindsey Graham (who, according to OpenSecrets.org, received nearly $1.4 million from pro-Israel groups during his career) often echoed calls for investigations into perceived political threats, framing them as 'justice' rather than what they often are: politically motivated attacks. The sheer gall of framing open calls for political persecution as a digital
misstep – a text to the wrong Pam – would be hilarious if it wasn't so profoundly revealing of the casual authoritarianism seeping into our political discourse. It appears the only scandal here, according to the White House, is a lack of basic social media literacy, not a fundamental misunderstanding of the separation of powers. How many 'private intentions' are just publicly stated desires,
thinly veiled?