White House economic do-it-all, Mick Mulvaney, just admitted that he ran a pay-for-play system while a Congressman. Meanwhile, he's stripping the CFPB of its powers and ability to protect people from predatory financial institutions. Once again, in any other administration, this would be a breathtaking scandal. As it is, it can barely register, with a 24 hour news cycle of Trump being an idiot and national embarrassment by picking dandruff of Emmanuel Macron.
Someone, hopefully, at the DNC is creating a database of the rampant corruption. However, it will need to be the Democrats' job to make corruption the leading issue in 2018. There is a bullshit narrative that they can't just "run against Trump." While there is a kernel of truth there, they can certainly run against a "culture of corruption" similar to what Republicans did in 1994.
You can't focus just on Trump. You have to cast your gaze on the broader corruption in Congress, in the administration without taking your eyes off the West Wing.
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