I see lots of people on here saying the ABC townhall was a disaster for Trump. Whether it was or not, given what he’s said & done since 2017, there were nowhere near enough tough questions, holding his feet to the fire, or challenging his lies & deranged statements & open racism.
It’s so weird, we spend all our time rightly getting exercised by mad stuff Trump says or does, the insane lies, and yet at the same time we set the bar so low that when he gets a mild question or two suddenly we’re celebrating that he somehow was held to account. He wasn’t.
On the (rare) occasions that Trump steps outside of his Fox News comfort zone, journalists really have to ask him tough questions about his lies, his racist remarks, his incitement of violence, and the rest. There’s really no excuse not to. None whatsoever.
Stop normalizing Trump! There’s nothing normal about this presidency and I wish a lot of top journalists would stop pretending that it is.
FYI, from @JamesFallows:
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.