Brooks: I’m ‘Offended’ by Trump’s Attacks on Sessions

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that in some ways, he is “more offended” by President Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions than the news about Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort.

Brooks stated, “[I]n some ways, I’m more offended by this.”

He added, “[T]o have faith in the country, to have faith in government, you have to have some faith in the — that basically, the people are fair-minded in the government. And, in my experience, whether they’re more liberal than I or not, they’re basically fair-minded. They want to do their job well. And if you portray something which a lot of people are — because they’re cynical, are already inclined to believe, that everything’s rigged, everything’s politics, everything’s crooked, then you really make it hard for the government to work, because government has no legitimacy, and you can get away with anything. And so, Donald Trump’s cultural effect, in this, strikes me as gigantic.”

Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett