Uh-huh. Sure it would. Anyone buying that? No? You think it sounds like a complete load of the smelliest manure you've ever had the misfortune to encounter? Good instincts.
O'Donnell was then asked why Dems aren't asked to demand Menendez step down like Republicans are being asked to demand Roy Moore step down. The Twitter rationalization was employed as a dodge...
“There's a difference in asking a sitting Senator to step down than asking a candidate to step aside. ...Easier to ask a candidate to step aside.
I think this is a serious problem the Democrats have with Bob Menendez that they are allowed to duck - by the way, this is one of the reasons why you don’t want your president tweeting all the time or at all if you’re a Republican. If you’re a Republican who wants the Bob Menendez trial to get more coverage, one of the things you want is a completely disciplined Republican Party that does not make news.”
So, because Twitter exists, MSNBC can't cover Bob Menendez's obvious (and other not-so-obvious) crimes? Sorry MSNBC, no one's buying it.
I suspect the real reason Lawrence O'Donnell doesn't have time to cover the Menendez trial is that he's too busy with expletive-filled rants designed to STOP THE HAMMERING!!!!
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If all you watched was mainstream, left-leaning, news outlets, you'd probably have no idea that a sitting Democrat Senator was currently at the center of a massive corruption and bribery trial. That's because the trial - which is saddled with a deadlocked jury - has enjoyed what amounts to a media blackout since it began. Here's how the charges were (briefly) laid out by the Washington Post.