Thread: My thoughts re Rod are more aligned with these guys below than with some pundits who are quick to jump on Rod for using the word “superb.” Rod has made some big mistakes - Comey memo, Kavanaugh visible support, access to law enforcement sensitive documents, working for /1
This Administration in the 1st place... but he is still around and he is still keeping watch. He is the guy who hired Mueller in the 1st place, & did it behind Sessions’ & Trump’s back. He may be a “survivor” as described derogatorily by Comey, but he continues to do more /2
To preserve Mueller’s role than any other member of this Administration. We are not in his shoes. We don’t have all the info. But critiquing Rod & impugning his word choice undermines the guardrails he has maintained. He could have quit like Brand. He could go write a book. /3
But instead he throws some bones to Sessions, Whitaker, Trump, and he does more to help Mueller than any single Republican member of Congress or anyone else. He is the kind of man who always shows up at back to school night for his daughters, and goes to their sports games /4
Even when his daughter doesn’t even leave the bench. He has spent an entire career in public service. I am not saying he is a perfect. But he is playing a central role in maintaining the guardrails, and for that, I am not going to jump on him for being a kiss-ass to Whitaker. END
