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Salon
Salon
Politics
Matthew Wollin

Democrats: Lawyering themselves to death

I'm a lawyer. When I look at Democrats today, I see myself. That's not a good thing.

Let's consider the 2024 presidential campaign. Democrats appeared to adopt the classic lawyer tactic of saying, "My client didn’t do anything." There’s good reason this has become a cliché: You win in court by showing that your client followed the law and the other guy didn’t. Which is why as a lawyer, you do everything in your power to make it seem like your client was off flying kites with his kids or staring out the window at pretty clouds while the other guy was doing the most.

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