'The problem is that Trump isn’t a good president, and bungled nominations aren’t a rare exception but a common occurrence,' via latimesopinion.
Thursday cast doubt on Ratcliffe’s claim that as a federal prosecutor he “arrested over 300 illegal immigrants on a single day.”Trump expressed no dissatisfaction with Ratcliffe on Friday when he announced that the nomination wouldn’t go forward. Rather, Trump: “Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media.
But there is another point to be made: that it’s perfectly appropriate for nominations to be pulled back on the basis of information that comes to light later or because of unexpected controversy.Presidents far more competent than Trump — not a hard bar to clear — have withdrawn high-profile nominees.
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