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This is a really good example of what the media frequently gets wrong covering and framing this President.

“What are President DONALD TRUMP and his team thinking? If there ever were an occasion to rise to, this is it. The nation is thirsting for comfort and healing”.
They cannot grasp that it is not there. There is no evidence that the President can leverage this moment to say something thoughtful, yet reporters desperately want to declare him “Presidential”.
Believing that this an “is there anything he could say..” moment reallllly misunderstands the last four years—but explains a lot in terms of political reporters’ daily gymnastics to explain away and normalize an abnormal and dysfunctional and bigoted person. But they try. Hard.
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A reminder that this lady, wrong as she consistently is, still has a job:
Here’s what she wrote : just before election day.

“If Trump wins, he'll be held more or less in check by the House and Senate because that's the way our system of government is set up. Not even Republicans are eager to follow Trump's lead.
There won't be a wall...”
Oh, there’s more:

“He won't impose any religion-based immigration restrictions, because even Trump isn't that lame-brained. He'll dress up and behave at state dinners and be funny when called upon. He'll even invite the media to the White House holiday party.”
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I think she means to say—on a day when we honor those who gave their lives in service, we think of the 100,000 Americans, who have died in the midst of a pandemic. We think of the millions who have lost their livelihoods, and those who are fearful of what the future holds. 1)
We are grateful for those who work tirelessly in hospitals around the country. Who risk their lives daily to save lives—and to help keep their neighbors healthy and well. We appreciate those who work in stores, and delis and restaurants whose jobs help us feed our families.
We reflect with sympathy on those who have lost loved ones—unable to hold their hands or kiss the goodbye one final time. We are sympathetic to those trying to juggle their kids’ remote-schooling and work zoom calls and cooking and cleaning and life.
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You know the part that kills me? It’s the “we” in “we’ll be fine.” Who the f— is ‘we’?

Yes, I’m sure Kathleen Parker will be just fine. She’s not shipping out for war, she didn’t just lose her snap benefits, she’s not the target of racists. Her farm isn’t bankrupt.
How bout an apology, Kathleen? How bout you don’t quote white nationalists, Bret. How bout somebody just gives Maureen’s column to somebody else and we move onto a new generation of more thoughtful—and critical—writers?
Can these newspapers not find one actually ‘common person’ to write thoughtfully about the state of the world? Do I need to hear about David Brook’s friend being overwhelmed at a fancy restaurant? Jesus. The bar is so freaking low. Hire some non-in-the-beltway-people. Disgusting.
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