.MaddowBlog: Trump equates oversight on coronavirus aid with 'witch hunt'
The fact that Trump complained soon after wasn't surprising, but I was struck by the nature of his complaints.
"Endless partisan investigations -- here we go again -- have already done extraordinary damage to our country in recent years. You see what happens. It's a witch hunt after witch hunt after witch hunt. And in the end, the people doing the witch hunt have been losing and they been losing by a lot. And it's not any time for witch hunt, it's time to get this enemy defeated.
There's quite a bit wrong with this, but let's not miss the forest for the trees: the president wants to spend $2.2 trillion, and he'd prefer it if Congress didn't ask a lot of questions. Indeed, Trump's comments yesterday reinforce the impression that he sees oversight as an inherently annoying burden he shouldn't have to deal with.
Meanwhile, around the time that the president was condemning"endless partisan investigations" and political"witch hunts" that detract from the pandemic response,,"A key Senate committee is vowing to press forward with its investigation targeting former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter, despite logistical challenges posed by the global coronavirus pandemic."
The committee in question is the Senate Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson , who recently shared an
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