Tweet of a demagogue

PolitiFact on March 27 is overly generous in calling President Donald Trump’s latest tweet “half true” (“Dems dominate Mueller team”).

There is no evidence that any members of the team are “hardened” Democrats (whatever that would mean), no evidence that Hillary Clinton is “crooked,” and to say there are “Zero Republicans” on the team is a flat out lie, since Robert Mueller himself is a Republican.

What Trump’s tweet does show is his demagogic skill in using loaded words (like “hardened,” usually applied to criminals) to suggest bad things about people without being explicit and without providing any evidence.

James Paulson

Oshkosh