A proud defense of whataboutism — comparing Trump to other cases is the practice of law

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A proud defense of whataboutism — comparing Trump to other cases is the practice of law

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conservative@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

We’ve had more than the usual fill of “whataboutism” this week because of the Biden Justice Department’s indictment of Donald Trump.

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