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Of all the ugliness at last night's rally, among the worst is Trump lying about aid to Puerto Rico.

But there's a deeper deception here: Trump is falsely pitting disaster victims from different regions against each other.

The crowd applauded.

New piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Making this disaster-aid impasse worse, everyone has to work around Trump's falsification of the situation.

Pence told Senate Rs to find a deal -- then showed them a chart illustrating Trump's "view" that Puerto Rico has already been given $91 billion:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
One final point about this disaster aid impasse.

There's a perverse irony here. The Republicans' need to tip toe around Trump's lie about $91 billion in aid to Puerto Rico is actually hamstringing their ability to deliver aid to *their own constituents*:

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Greg Sargent
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Please stop saying Trump "doesn't understand how tariffs work."

When Trump says China pays us in tariffs, he's *lying.*

He's staking his reelection on this lie.

The lie is that he's taking money from China and giving it to his voters.

My new piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
It's amazing that some still think Trump's trade wars amount to "economic populism."

The only surviving remnants of his populism are the *xenophobic nationalist* elements of it.

It's no accident that Trump says he's making both Mexico & China "pay" us:

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Here's the game, I think. No deal with China, or a bad deal, could be disastrous for Trump.

So Trump has a backup plan. He's swapping in a new story: He's forcing China to "pay" us tariffs, and he's giving the spoils to his voters:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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We need to step back and ask a bigger question here.

Why are Trump, the administration and his GOP allies going to such enormous lengths to choke off any and all further inquiry, if Russiagate has been conclusively settled in Trump’s favor?

My new piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Also in this piece:

The NYT reports on something that deserves more attention:

Trump privately mused on releasing the full, unredacted Mueller report, but his lawyers suggested *this would be bad for him.*

*Why* would this be bad for him?

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Why aren't the counterintelligence findings being released to the House Intel Committee in response to its requests?

Why is this happening, if Mueller found "no collusion" and proved Trump was right all along about the Russia "hoax"?

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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NEW:

@RepAdamSchiff tells me the case for impeachment hearings is getting stronger.

"Obstruction of Congress, following on the obstruction of the Mueller investigation, does strengthen the case to move forward with an impeachment proceeding," he says.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@RepAdamSchiff Here's another interesting point from @RepAdamSchiff.

He suggests to me that William Barr and the White House might be behind the refusal of the FBI to turn over the investigation's *counterintelligence* findings:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
"These continued acts of willful obstruction add new weight to those who have advocated impeachment. That will be particularly so if the court finds we can only gain access to some of these records if that formal process is initiated."

-- @RepAdamSchiff

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