Opinion: How can we get out of Trump’s world of lies? Let Hunter Biden testify.
Trump now brings all the authority of that same presidency to his mode of operation, yet his mode is no different than when he was peddling birtherism. He finds a way to sow just enough doubt to keep baseless allegations alive. Only production of the proof that the allegations are baseless brought it to an end then. The same is true now. Hunter Biden will dog Joe Biden from now until the election just as the birth certificate did Obama.
We need this act of public service to stanch the corruption. Trump’s techniques are spreading. Take as an example Pat Cipollone’s opening statement in the impeachment trial. It was remarkable for the number of times hethe words “ridiculous” and “outrageous.” This was a revealing detail. It didn’t matter that in between those words he strung together a series of misleading statements. No one would follow it all, but what they would take away was two words: “ridiculous” and “outrageous.
Congressional Republican support for the president throughout the impeachment process has been remarkable. Are they simply trading truth for power? Or are they so far inside the conspiracy theory world of our birther president that they can no longer see out of it? Or are they genuinely aggrieved by the onslaught from Democrats and the left since the first day of Trump’s presidency — fighting back because of a sense of wrong? I can understand the final motivation and have sympathy for it.
I pray that that not be the case. I pray that Republicans and Democrats together can find the courage to break us out of the prison of lies and conspiracy theories into which this president has locked this country.Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Harvard University and a contributing columnist for The Post.
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