Oversight

We Don’t Need to Rehabilitate George W. Bush to Fight Trump

Politicians are pining for the days of Bush Jr. — but his presidency was a disaster in its own right

Trevor Timm
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Published in
4 min readFeb 27, 2019

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There are a million ways to criticize President Donald Trump. Why do prominent pundits and politicians find it necessary to rehabilitate the image of…

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Trevor Timm
GEN
Writer for

Trevor Timm is the executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation. His writing has appeared the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Intercept.