The complete guide to every excuse Republicans have made for Trump's theft of classified documents

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The complete guide to every excuse Republicans have made for Trump's theft of classified documents

Warning: It is very, very long

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The complete guide to every excuse Republicans have made for Trump's theft of classified documents

My oh my. It’s been less than a week since federal agents raided Donald Trump’s Florida beachhouse in search of classified documents that Trump stole from the White House, but Republicans have come...
7:22 PM · Aug 13, 2022

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My oh my. It’s been less than a week since federal agents raided Donald Trump’s Florida beachhouse in search of classified documents that Trump stole from the White House, but Republicans have come up with a truly dizzying number of excuses and smokescreens trying to cover up his wrongdoing—often several each day. Honestly, it’s been somewhat hard to keep track of them all, especially as many contradict one another, but we’re here to help. Below, please find our day-by-day catalog of every b.s. pretext Trump’s defenders have tossed out there.

MONDAY
Excuse: Everyone is corrupt except Trump—says Trump himself.

In fairness, if anyone can recognize vintage caudillo behavior, it would be Donald Trump.

Excuse: This warrant and raid business was uncalled for. Trump would have turned over everything had the government simply asked politely.

Oh, wait, they did subpoena him? Nevermind!

TUESDAY
Excuse: It’s totally fine that Trump took all of those documents. The only issue is that he racked up some library fines for failing to return overdue government secrets.

*snip*

[EnergizedLib]

1. I legit laughed at this

The one about aliens really got me. The one about aliens took the cake.

Maybe if they keep moving the goalposts and making new excuses every single day, that’s a sign they’re desperate and have nothing.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Somebody needs to make bingo cards

Of course, they might be out of date tomorrow as new excuses are run up the flagpole