Obamagate Briefing
Don’t worry, this briefing will be brief.
If you’re wondering what Obamagate is, you’re not alone. Fortunately, the answer is quite simple. Obamagate is a manufactured distraction to keep people’s attention off of Trump’s awful response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Essentially, Trump fired off a bunch of tweets last weekend talking about something he called “Obamagate”. It boils down to a bunch of baseless accusations of criminal activity against Barack Obama, none of which have any basis in reality. The accusations are also somehow related to Michael Flynn, Trump’s first National Security Advisor (who was fired by Trump after Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI). Apparently, it was:
Yet, when asked, Trump himself couldn’t name any specific crimes, or even describe the crux of his manufactured scandal. His tweets are honestly pretty hilarious, in a disappointing, old person-with-dementia sort of way.
Anyway, what you need to know is this: Obamagate is complete bullshit. This Washington Post piece by Aaron Blake debunks it further if you want to really get into the weeds, but honestly, don’t waste your time. We need to be focusing on expanding our COVID-19 testing capacity so that we can get our economy back up and running, not playing Trump’s games. This is so obviously a distraction that I think it warrants a point being awarded to COVID-19 on our response scoreboard.
🇺🇸 United States: 0
🦠 COVID-19: 13