"Journalist 1: Mr. President, in Texas a Democrat won a special election in an area that you had won by 17 points. What is your reaction to that- Trump: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran, where? Journalist 1: In Texas. A special election for a legislative seat. Journalist 2: The Ninth seat, Senate. Trump: I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race."
"In both cases, Trump made transparent excuses to cover up his abject failures (though I don't doubt that Trump wants to redesign the Kennedy Center, just five years after it got a $250 million renovation during his first term). His transparent excuses were treated differently, but far too credulously, in both cases. But as obvious it is that Trump had to close the Kennedy Center to stave off the continued bad press as one after another artist refused to perform, accelerating during the 45 days after Trump vandalized it by slapping his name on it, the damage Trump did to the Texas Republican party took less time and is still more breathtaking."
Trump announced a two-year closure of the Kennedy Center after slapping his name on it and facing artists refusing to perform. The closure followed mounting bad press and a 45-day escalation of performer withdrawals. A Texas special election delivered a Democrat win in territory Trump had carried by 17 points, and Trump gave inconsistent, deflective remarks claiming ignorance and noninvolvement. Trump posted support for Leigh Wambsganss the night before the election and a GOTV post during the contest. Both episodes involved transparent excuses that were treated differently by the public and media.
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