Los Angeles Times columnist Michael McGough is right about one thing: These are not normal times. In normal times the news media wouldn't be misrepresenting - whether intentionally or out of lazy acceptance of popular narratives - just about everything the president of the United States says or does. It would be normal for them to do this to a degree under other Republican presidents, but never to the extent they've done it since Donald Trump took office.
But that's not what McGough means, of course. He thinks it's extraordinary that the man Trump nominated to head the FBI declined to call an ongoing investigation a "witch hunt" and said he would not take a "loyalty oath." What's more, McGough seems to think this all represents quite a burn on Trump:
Now listen to Wray testifying Wednesday before the Judiciary Committee: “No one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during this process, and I sure as heck didn’t offer one."