An Exit From the GOP’s Labyrinth of Trump Lies
The special counsel’s indictment offers party leaders their best escape from the loyalty trap yet—if they choose to take it.
It’s as sincere as the grief at a Mafia funeral.
Who believes that Governor Ron DeSantis—so badly trailing in the polls behind former President Donald Trump—is genuinely upset by his rival’s federal indictment? Or that Speaker Kevin McCarthy—so disgusted by Trump in private—does not inwardly rejoice to see Trump meet justice?
The Fox News talkers have been trying for months to sideline Trump and promote DeSantis. Now they have a turn of events that promises to help their corporate political agenda to stoke controversy and ratings. They must be positively ecstatic at the network’s New York headquarters today.
