1. To maintain his access @burgessev reports as if this just an element of the story. Technically, he's fulfilling the "who, what, when, how" "hard news" non-partisan reporting.
Many would call THIS good journalism bc it is antiseptic.
But its NOT bc a party wide effort to
Many would call THIS good journalism bc it is antiseptic.
But its NOT bc a party wide effort to
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1356936957662789632
2. use a dishonest "process" argument that has no chance of surviving legal challenge (bc it is just like Trump's 60+ election fraud lawsuits, it has no merit but was designed to create a "legal illusion" for the purpose of manipulating public opinion) to avoid holding a trial on
3. on the merits- ESP when those merits involve a sitting U.S. president using the powers of the presidency, official and informal, & oversight of federal agencies, to overturn a legal election he lost to illegally stay in office-including an effort to seize control of the
4. legislative branch of government via a violent insurrection is a REALLY BIG DEAL and reporting should probably highlight the shamefulness that his fellow partisans seem primed to avoid a trial on the merits for that. That seems like a more honest article @burgessev
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