Is It Good Politics to Defend a Harmless Woman Getting Shot in the Face?

Originally published at: Is It Good Politics to Defend a Harmless Woman Getting Shot in the Face? - TPM – Talking Points Memo

I’ve seen some comments that whatever the hideousness of it President Trump’s and the GOP’s insistent defense of Minneapolis shooting is actually good politics. – the thinking being that it pulls the public conversation away from Jeff Epstein and the cost of living and refocuses it on to protestors and Blue cities, things that feel…