So The Mad Fuhrer Admits He Might Accept Foreign Help and Thus Break the Law

Boy have the last few days been a ride.  I'd been working on finishing the new print issue (and a double issue at that) so between that and the paying job I'd been slightly out of the loop when it comes to news.  However, since there's been a lot of stuff coming down recently it feels important to at least address what happened Wednesday.

On Wednesday afternoon news broke regarding a one on one interview that George Stephanopolous of ABC News did an Oval Office one on one interview with electoral vote winner Donny when George asked him a somewhat hypothetical question regarding the 2020 election.  The Mad Fuhrer was given a scenario where a foreign power contacted his campaign (offering Russia or China as a couple of examples) and said they had dirt on his opponent, then asked in that case should his campaign listen or should they contact the FBI.  Without missing a bea and just after slightly turning his head,  the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago said he'd "probably do both."

Yes, you read that right.  Even after just being investigated in the Mueller probe for similar things electoral vote winner Donny is again on national TV openly admitting he'd probably accept dirt from foreign governments on election opponents in the upcoming election. While that alone seems to show he doesn't the laws he's supposed to defend and enact, there's something else here that needs to be said.

First up is the question itself.  Stephanopolous is an establishment journalist so it makes sense this shouldn't be a gotcha question - and it wasn't/  Hell, it wasn't even a softball question.  This question was basically tee ball, as in ABC News set up a question on the tee and all electoral vote winner Donny had to do was hit the metaphorical ball by stating either that of course they'd go to the FBI or something about following Federal law on the issue (accepting help from a foreign power on an election campaign is against Federal law) or something like that.  After two and a half years in office this wasn't a question that should've made the news.

However, the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago, being who he is, somehow either wasn't told that or chooses not to say he'd follow the law.  And that is the second concern.  When Robert Mueller finally commented on his investigation a month or so ago he basically said what many already had an idea about: it wasn't an exoneration and while they couldn't bring charges under Justice Department rules Congress can look into it further.  One has to wonder if it will take electoral vote winner Donny actually being impeached to get him to finally get the hint.

Even then, would it work?  Electoral vote winner Donny has a history of disregarding the law when it's in his interest to do so.  This makes the 2020 election take an ominous turn as some wonder if he will leave office willingly if voted out. 

While that is conjecture at this point, what is known is the Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago seems hell-bent on gaslighting America by telling what he's likely to do and hten telling them he didn't say what we actually saw and heard him say.  This makes Donny's statement telling as, even though there's more than enough evidence that such an action would violate the law, the fact he can't even just say he'd follow Federal law when it comes to foregin powers offering dirt on electoral opponents shows that next year's elections is going to get dirty and ugly indeed, and that the Repubs will do anything to try and keep power - ethics and the law be damned.

This should scare anyone who wants elections to be free and fair in the USA.