OP-ed analysis #4: Following trumps comey firing republicans flunk their test by steve benen5/12/2017 http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/following-trumps-comey-firing-republicans-flunk-their-test#break
Following Trump’s Comey firing, Republicans flunk their test by Steve Benen On May 10th Donald Trump fired the acting FBI director James Comey. While the real reasons for the firing are unclear, it has been speculated that it happened because of the ongoing investigation the Russian government and the Trump administration. The Republican majorities in the Senate and House have been asked to respond to the White House’s actions. And they have responded as many hoped they wouldn’t, by largely backing Trump’s actions even though some see it as a way to silence opposition. Benen comes back to his old ways in this article by coming back as aggressive and confrontational as ever. Once again Benen’s tone is aggressive, just as it was in several of the other articles examined earlier, “A foreign adversary attacked our democracy, the president’s team may have cooperated in the scheme, and GOP lawmakers, asked to put country over party, have effectively declared, ‘No.’” Benen’s sarcastic wit also shows through in this article, “‘Today, we’ll no doubt hear calls for a new investigation, which could only serve to impede the current work being done.’ Oh. We’re apparently supposed to believe investigating the scandal would interfere with an investigation of the scandal.” The use of strong informal diction shines through in this article, “Confronted with a possible constitutional crisis, Republicans, with too few exceptions, have chosen indifference. A foreign adversary attacked our democracy.” He used adversary to describe Russia. This paints a very clear picture of how Benen views the scandal. It isn’t something that should be taken lightly because he treats it as an invasion of sorts. Not one that invaded our soil but “attacked our democracy.” Benen’s purpose is to attack the Republican party for their defense of Trump. He goes after them several times in the article and doesn’t even bother to deliver a counter argument. This shows a level of cockiness, like he doesn’t believe that there is an argument against him. Benen appeals largely to Ethos in this article. He often uses the names of senators to further what he is saying, “Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told Fox News, ‘Suck it up and move on.’...Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who’s done as much as anyone to shield Trump from any kind of accountability in the Russia scandal, said, ‘Today, we’ll no doubt hear calls for a new investigation, which could only serve to impede the current work being done.’” This establishment of credibility works to help his claims because they are people that are involved in the investigation.
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