The irony of Trumpism

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By Molly Roberts, The Washington Post

John Harris loves his dad, and he loves his mom.

The assistant U.S. attorney told North Carolina's election authority as much — even as he testified that he had warned his father, Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, that a political operative he was considering hiring for his campaign had previously committed fraud to win votes. The board has now declared a redo election.

As John spoke on Wednesday, his voice cracked. Mark wept.

The Harris family situation is compelling because the members of the family may not actually be feuding. The son is an officer of the court, called on to tell the truth. He is also a son. The conflict was enough to move him almost to tears ...

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/mark-harris-son-and-the-irony-of-trumpism,565697

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1. How the 'Greek Tragedy' Unfolded

By STEVE HARRISON • 3 HOURS AGO

During the .. investigation into fraud in the 9th Congressional District race, Executive Director Kim Strach and lead investigator Joan Fleming interviewed John Harris, one of Mark Harris’ three children ...

But John Harris – an assistant U.S. attorney in Raleigh – came to the meeting with copies of email messages he had exchanged with his father ...

In those email messages, John Harris .. warned his father not to hire Dowless if Mark Harris ran for Congress in 2018.

“He already thought we had the email” ...

But Lawson said attorneys for Mark Harris’ campaign had not turned over the damaging email and didn’t do so until the hearing had already begun ...

https://www.wfae.org/post/how-9th-districts-greek-tragedy-unfolded#stream/0

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2. And yet I can't see Don Jr., Ivanka or Eric ever being a voice of conscience to their dad.

Tiffany seems to have been kept away from him most of her life and doesn’t seem to have much of an interest in having a close relationship with him.

We can only hope there is still hope for Barron.

But the oldest three are as soulless as he is.