The Case for Slowing Down Impeachment

Charlie Sykes: “Trump counts on a dizzying, vertiginous cycle of news, outrage and disinformation to move past damaging stories before they are fully absorbed or placed into context.”

“Blink and you will miss it: kids in cages, ‘human scum,’ the G-7 and Doral, ‘send her back,’ his fraudulent foundation. Remember when Trump was planning to invite the Taliban to Camp David on the eve of 9/11? And how many weeks has it been since he gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the green light to invade Syria?”

“Stories that would once have dominated the public’s consciousness for weeks, now can vanish in less than a single news cycle. By Friday of every week, even those of us who follow the news for a living have a hard time remembering the stories that had consumed our attention on Monday.”

“The same speed warp applies to impeachment.”