Opinion: Trump is counting on Russian help to get reelected
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 6 at 12:16 PM “Why doesn’t the president get tough with Putin about what everyone seems to agree is clear, meddling in 2016 and the threat of meddling in 2020?” Fox News’s Chris Wallace asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday, referring to the most recent friendly phone call President Trump had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Consider how simple this question ought to be: Is it wrong to accept the assistance of a hostile foreign power to get elected president? A few years ago, any politician in either party would have responded, “Of course it’s wrong. Are you crazy? What a stupid question.” The very idea that anyone could assert otherwise would have been considered ludicrous.
Since both of those conclusions are now beyond dispute, all Republicans are called upon to say that neither one is anything to worry about. And if it was fine for it to have happened in 2016, it must be fine for it to happen again in 2020. That’s not going to happen, of course, because Democrats aren’t inclined to do that sort of thing in the first place, and they’re making explicit promises not to use any hacked documents at all in their campaigns.
Other Republicans dance around the issue a bit, but still won’t say he shouldn’t, let alone that he won’t. On Sunday, Sen. John Kennedy was asked whether Giuliani is wrong that it’s fine to take campaign assistance from a hostile foreign power. “I don’t know whether he’s wrong or right,” Kennedy said, but when pressed did allow that he personally wouldn’t accept Russian help.
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