The Great Distractor - By Robby Mook

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/donald-trump-the-great-distractor.html

The Great Distractor
Donald Trump’s ‘look over there’ media strategy is a trap that keeps Democrats from focusing public attention on his bad policies.
By Robby Mook
Mr. Mook managed Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016.
Aug. 7, 2018

Last week, President Trump lobbed racist insults at LeBron James, he called the press an enemy of the people (again), and Rudy Giuliani gave rambling interviews chock-full of lies and tacit admissions of guilt too tantalizing to ignore. It was a typical Trump week with myriad things to cover.

We didn’t hear much about the administration’s secret plan to bypass Congress (and common sense) to give a giant tax break to Wall Street investors, a possible violation of the constitution and a betrayal of the president’s promises to stand up for the little guy. It's the result of what I call the “Trump Trap.”

Many people — myself included — have invested enormous amounts of energy protesting Trump, yet we still lack a consistent indictment of him as we enter the midterms. The facts are clear: Donald Trump has repeatedly broken his promises to working people. He pledged to clean up the D.C. swamp, but he made it swampier. He said he would make health insurance better, but he actually asked a judge to strip it away from people with serious diseases like cancer and diabetes. His tax cuts ballooned C.E.O. salaries and stock buybacks, but real wages are still frozen. He has not only failed to make life better for working people but also has made an already precarious economic situation worse.

But you wouldn’t know it from watching the news. That’s because his unnecessary insults and controversies create a constellation of outrages that deflect accountability for his actions.

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[Nitram]

1. I, for one, can actually keep two or three different thoughts in my head a the same time.

Sometimes more. When the President of the United States issues a racist statement in public, it should not to be ignored. That doesn't mean we can't keep up with his other crimes and misdemeanors. Don't worry, we're keeping track.