Draining the D.C. swamp takes two critical things: willpower and manpower. President Trump has plenty of the former. But his attempts to gain the latter are being blocked actively by recalcitrant Senate Democrats and lazy Senate Republicans.
Senator Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) shameful smearing of Dr. Ronny Jackson, Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is just the latest example of a Democratic party that has become unhinged, allowing their entire platform to be subsumed by their unreserved hatred of all things Trump.
The results, in this case, speak for themselves. Tester's allegations were later proven baseless (though not before the media furiously reported them like they were true), the reputation of a good man is in tatters and his nomination withdrawn. Other Trump nominees are likely taking note of what happened and considering the possibility that they may be treated similarly. Of course, that was the intention.
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