Jon Ossoff took aim at Trump’s personal assistant, Natalie Harp, in a recent viral speech, suggesting that there’s something illicit about the relationship between the young woman and the president. “I think this is a totally disgusting tactic by Ossoff,” Rich says on The Editors, “but most Republicans don’t have a lot of credibility to complain about propriety anymore.”
“No,” says Charlie in response, “although we do, and the public does. . . . If the argument is that Trump’s conduct is wrong and that the Democrats will bring a restoration of honor to the White House, then you probably don’t want to go down this road.
“I don’t think that this one line is going to materially undermine the Democrats’ ability to do that. But I don’t think it helps,” Charlie points out. “For some reason, Trump gets away with it. . . . He doesn’t get away with it in the long run.
“If he behaved better, I think he would be better liked and his approval rating would be higher and his party would be in less trouble.”
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