Do You Think Anyone Will Care?
From CBS News this morning:
Nothing to see here, folks...just move along. I mean, it is just so inconceivable that a Republican candidate for President could be a tool of our biggest enemy, right? Now, we all know that every Democrat is just a Communist in disguise, but Republicans are Patriots, who would never, say, work with Russian spies to undermine our country's democratic system, or take millions for...what?
Like I say, people, time to get back to Hillary's e-mails.
"Report: Pro-Russian party earmarked $12.7M in cash for Trump campaign chair...There are new accusations about Donald Trump's campaign chairman and his ties to alleged corruption in Ukraine. The New York Times is out with a report showing Paul Manafort may have received more than $12 million in "undisclosed cash payments" from a pro-Russian political party while a consultant in Ukraine from 2007 to 2012."
Nothing to see here, folks...just move along. I mean, it is just so inconceivable that a Republican candidate for President could be a tool of our biggest enemy, right? Now, we all know that every Democrat is just a Communist in disguise, but Republicans are Patriots, who would never, say, work with Russian spies to undermine our country's democratic system, or take millions for...what?
Like I say, people, time to get back to Hillary's e-mails.
Comments
Any further digging into Manafort's ties to the Putin-backed Ukrainians can well reveal deeper ties to Russia that would make Manafort a massive liability and security risk (than he already is, which is pretty bad). It'd be a bad enough situation that the DOJ and/or Dept. of State would have to act to investigate Trump's whole campaign. Trump may fight it, and he'll claim "oh it's a conspiracy they're rigging the election they're faking the evidence" but every clear-eyed person on the planet is going to recognize it's a legit investigation.
It *could* be enough for the RNC to invoke the clause giving them power to dump a candidate. It'd be too little too late - and every possibility of Trump supporters going on a rampage - but it would end this particular nightmare.