Trump: Mueller’s Russia probe makes ‘Joseph McCarthy look like a baby!’
At the tail end of a Sunday morning tweet storm, President Trump compared Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s infamous hunt in the 1950s for Communists in the U.S. government.
Trump called on his followers to study McCarthy, whose smear tactics and often baseless accusations of treason led to his censure in the Senate. The president claimed that Mueller’s investigation into Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. elections has been far more nefarious than anything McCarthy ever did.
Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
It’s interesting that Trump would want to compare Mueller’s probe to McCarthyism. McCarthy’s chief counsel during the red scare of the 1950s was Roy Cohn, a prominent figure in the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings. Cohn later became Trump’s attorney when he was a prominent New York real estate developer in the 1970s and ’80s.
Trump’s allegation that Mueller’s investigation constitutes a modern-day version of McCarthyism capped a torrent of insults he launched on Sunday morning against his actual and perceived political adversaries.
Trump began his diatribe by condemning the New York Times’ report that White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II has been cooperating with Mueller’s team and generously sharing information about key moments to the inquiry that investigators would not have known otherwise.
Trump objected and insisted that McGahn would never “rat” on the president as John Dean had in the 1970s. As counsel to former President Richard Nixon, Dean was involved in the events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and subsequent coverup, but he became a key witness for the prosecution.
The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type “RAT.” But I allowed him and all others to testify – I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
….and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing – McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side – Media is even worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Trump upbraided the press for supposedly fixating on the Mueller investigation and said it should focus more energy on the corruption of Democrats.
No Collusion and No Obstruction, except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. All of the resignations and corruption, yet heavily conflicted Bob Mueller refuses to even look in that direction. What about the Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Strzok lies to Congress, or Crooked’s Emails!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite – & the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
According to Trump, the New York Times has been promoting “Fake News” since the day he announced that he was running for president. He went on to argue that the situation at the New York Times is only likely to get worse after the hiring of former Verge tech writer Sarah Jeong to its editorial board. A series of anti-white tweets Jeong posted in 2014 have sparked widespread outrage.
Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize – a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
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