Nelson's 'Four Pinocchios,' GOP Senators AWOL, Losing House Good for Trump?
David French of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud the Washington Post for assigning "Four Pinocchios" to Florida Sen. Bill Nelson's claim that the Russians had already infiltrated his state's election systems, even though every relevant office in federal and state government had no idea what he was talking about. They also hammer Republican senators for wasting their time in session this month because seven GOP members failed to show up this week, handing Democrats a functional majority while critical votes are supposed to be happening. And they scratch their heads over a new rationale among some Republicans that Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections would actually be a very good thing for President Trump's re-election prospects in 2020.