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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
So how long will it take the NYT and NPR to reduce this the extortion and election interference conspiracy into a "On One Hand, Democrats Say it's a Crime, but OTOH, Republicans point out that the recording itself might be the only real crime?" narrative? Tomorrow A.M. or P.M.?
To be clear, Georgia and D.C. are both one-party consent jurisdictions so it isn't a crime. But under the "a Republican need only say a thing to make it the functional equivalent of truth" standard used by NYT/NPR that's irrelevant.
And the winning entry is: "NYT, Monday A.M.

But even I failed to anticipate that framing would be "on one hand, a person with actual subject matter expertise says its a crime, but the partisan Republican hack lawyer we found to balance that opinion says "not clear."
No mockery can match the effortless, inevitable unintentional self-parody.

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