Trump says the Democrat-controlled oversight committee is going "nuts" on him, and that Republicans never did this to Obama. Why does Trump say this?
Shockingly, this is one of the few things I have heard come out of Trump that has some truth associated with it.Firstly, because the Oversight Committee has been co-opted by obstructionist, head-in-the-sand, Republican tactics while they were in control for the first 2 years of the Trump presidency, the committee is now quite busy as they are trying to compensate for 2 years of essentially suspended functioning. To the extent that there is a lot of catch-up to accomplish, I guess you could say they are “going nuts”…just not in the way that Trump probably meant it.Secondly, the Republicans had relatively little to work with when Obama was in office because his personal conduct, the activities of his cabinet members, and the work of his staff were all carried out in a manner which stayed largely within the bounds of acceptable moral and ethical behavior. So, yes, Republicans were not able to go “nuts” on Obama through formal Congressional committees in a major way, at least compared to the target-rich environment that Trump and his administration presents. Obama personally did get in trouble for offenses like putting his feet on his desk, or wearing a tan suit, etc., but there is a reason he was called “no-drama Obama.” And it’s true that Republicans tried to bedevil his administration with interminable, generally baseless investigations such as Benghazi, the supposed IRS targeting of conservative organizations, etc.; but these distractions never ended up going much of anywhere because they were contrived rather than based on actual corrupt activities. The Republicans were resourceful in mining for things that could damage Obama, but the mining operations kept producing Fool’s Gold. If they had latched onto something over those 8 years that really was significant, I am sure they would have had no problem “going nuts.”