Jonathan Capehart:
Well, that’s the thing. There are a lot of people who believe that there are millions of pederasts running around out there who are part of the — quote, unquote –”deep state” and running the country.
And the conspiracy theory also says that these pedophiles are Democrats. And the problem the president has is that he helped fan some of those flames. He was elected by people who believed him when he said, like, we’re going to get to the bottom of the Epstein thing.
And when you have Kash Patel, Don Bongino, Pam Bondi, all people who dabbled in the conspiracy theory, going before the cameras and saying, yes, no, there’s nothing here, there’s no list, there’s no conspiracy, of course these folks are going to be upset.
And I think the way the president is handling this, just to get into the realm of politics, because I’m with David, is that I can’t believe I’m trying to understand this entire web. But this is a political problem of the president’s own making. His whole handling of this, the moment he said the word hoax was the biggest tell.
And I think for his followers, that was also a tell for them because, wait, you used hoax about the 2020 election, about the Russia investigation, about anything where he’s gotten into trouble. And so how he gets out of this with his supporters, I’m not sure, but suing The Wall Street Journal is not the way to go about it.
Again, another tell. This is all part of a pattern. When he gets into trouble, he uses hoax and then he sues. But as we all know, part of suing is discovery and depositions. And I guarantee you, Donald Trump does not want to be a part of any of that.
