Opinion | Why Nobody Believed Madison Cawthorn — and Nobody Would Have Cared if It Was True
Regardless of the freshman congressman’s unreliability as a narrator, sex scandals don’t do much for Washington anymore.
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Regardless of the freshman congressman’s unreliability as a narrator, sex scandals don’t do much for Washington anymore.
When the bridge scandal began heating up two months ago, chris christie tried to use humor to try to deflect the controversy, joking that he himself had moved the cones for the lane closures. >> i worked the cones actually, matt. undenoens to everybody, i was the guy out there in overalls and hat. but i was actually the guy working the cones out there. >> but he soon got serious, and his team went on the attack. last month, his office labeled msnbc a, quote, partisan network for reporting on christie's troubles. his office also went after hoboken mayor dawn zimmer, calling her someone with a, ...
Pounced upon by the 24/7 internet and cable news cycle. here's alex wagner reacting to the news after "the new york times" story was published. >> we have breaking news. a bombshell revelation from ex-port authority official david wildstein who carried out the lane closures on the george washington bridge. wildstein says he has proof of -- that governor chris christie knew about the plans to close those lanes while they were happening. >> the network eventually reported it more accurately, as did others, but reported like that on other major outlets at the time. on saturday christie's camp att...