Squi Play: Beware the Dumb Narrative

Wohl and Burkman. Photo: Right Wing Watch.

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, two Trumpist provocateurs, held a press conference at a chain hotel in Virginia yesterday, in a hapless attempt to smear Robert Mueller. They’d promised to reveal an “accuser” who’d allegedly been raped by the Special Counsel. As all sentient humans expected, the accuser never materialized.

It’s impossible to overstate how stupid this all was. Neither of the conspiracy theory peddlers had a scintilla of credibility. Burkman...