"It's a familiar response when controversy seems to imperil Trump’s presidency."

"President Donald Trump sits at the center of another brewing scandal — this one over his communications with Ukraine’s new president — and his allies are already working to debunk, deflect, deny and ignore."

"Every time a controversy emerges that seemingly imperils Trump’s presidency, the same playbook unfolds. Trump’s allies largely sidestep a debate over the event itself, cast blame elsewhere and start rationalizing the president’s behavior"

“I think we’re seeing a steady arc of removing constraints and institutional norms that continue to erode so that it’s really anything goes as to what he’s willing to say and do to advance whatever grievance he has at the moment,” said Randall Samborn, a former federal prosecutor and spokesman in the George W. Bush-era

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...candal-1506882

Sound, look, familiar?

Trump not only solicits a foreign entity to get dirt on a potential political opponent, inviting them into our election system, but also pressures them to do so, perhaps even withholding promised aid till the entity agrees. Trump's own Justice Dept refuses to allow Congress see a whistle blower's complaint, that has been upon review judged serious by the IG office, which they are required to do so by law. And Trump sends Rudi representing him to Spain to meet with Ukrainian officials over the request to find dirt on an opponent

And the right's response is again "deep state," and innuendos about Biden that aren't new. From the White House, thru the GOP, FOX, and the demogogues, the response is orchestrated almost as coming from a script, "debunk, deflect, deny and ignore."

Totally predictable, Trump knew what he was admitting when he said he could shoot someone on Fifth Ave not lose votes, he's got a lot of help make that possible