Reince Priebus is painting the American electorate with a pretty broad brush these days.
The Republican Party’s national chairman says “people don’t care” about the controversies surrounding the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee.
I beg to differ, Mr. Chairman.
“People” do care. Many of us — such as yours truly — care a lot.
— Tax returns that Trump refuses to disclose to the public?
— Statements attributed to him about women?
— The myriad lies he’s told while campaigning for president?
— The ridiculous story about Trump posing as a publicist to promote himself?
Yeah, those things matter, Mr. Chairman. They speak to the character of the man who wants to become president of the United States.
I won’t get too far into this blog post without mentioning that Trump isn’t the only candidate with “issues” to address. Hillary Rodham Clinton has her own and they, too, are bothersome.
The issue at the moment deals with the huge speaking fees she collected — allegedly from Goldman Sachs .
The otherĀ matters — Benghazi, the email controversy — are being dealt with by a Republican-led Congress that is still on the hunt for something to derail her campaign.
The RNC chairman shouldn’t give his party’s presumed nominee a pass because of some belief that “people” don’t care about the things that are dogging his campaign.
I dislike saying I speak for others. I am fairly confident, though, in presuming that the nation is loaded with inquisitive voters who want these issues settled.