The substance of the deputy attorney general's memo was that Comey should be fired because he was so mean to Hillary. I happen to agree with that. But the notion that Donald Trump believes that is preposterous. He fired Comey because of Russia.
Begala discusses the reasons behind Comey's firing, attributing it to Trump's concerns over Russia rather than the stated reasons.
Share & report
More from Paul Begala
I don't care if he was in bed with Stormy Daniels, okay? He was in bed with big oil.
He has a mandate to cut the cost of groceries, gas and rent. He promised to cut the cost of energy in half.
This feeds the preexisting narrative, right? Every politician has one, right? With President Obama, they worried he was too elite; President Bush, they worried he was too dumb; with President Clinton, it was I can't really recall, he had…
Other voices in this conversation
