The Comey hearing: More smoke, wrong fire
3 hours ago by Connor Mighell About a month ago, National Review editor Rich Lowry called Trump “a human smoke-making machine . . . incapable of a little deftness.” The headline of his opinion piece in Politico characterized the entire Trump-focused wing of the investigation into Russian election interference as “a scandal about smoke.”
When they saw all the Trump-fueled smoke, said Lowry, the Democrats wanted “to make fire.” And when Comey suddenly decided he wanted to testify to the Senate Intelligence Committee, many on the Left christened this the Great Fire-Making Moment.
The narrative almost wrote itself. Comey had been director of the FBI; Trump had fired him due to the Russia investigation; Trump had perhaps pressured Comey to let the investigation of Michael Flynn go. Surely on June 8, the smoke would roll back to reveal a giant conflagration – Comey would accuse Trump of obstruction, let slip that Trump was part of a giant Russian conspiracy, reveal something, anything impeachable. Doctor visits were canceled, watch parties were scheduled, and cable news networks broke out their countdown clocks.
What are those who pushed that narrative left with now?
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http://thenewamericana.com/2017/06/08/comey-hearing-smoke-wrong-fire/Connor MighellConnor Mighell is a third-year law student at The University of Alabama School of Law, and a graduate of Baylor University with a degree in Political Philosophy. His work has been featured at The Dallas Morning News, SBNation, and Merion West. Follow him on Twitter at @cmigbear.
