Prosecutors in West Palm Beach County, Florida, decided not to go forward with the misdemeanor battery case against Corey Lewandowski for grabbing reporter Michelle Fields at a campaign event. Despite video evidence showing the battery, prosecutors backed off, claiming Lewandowski may have been justified in trying to protect Donald Trump from Fields.
Prosecutor David Aronberg said Lewandowski was trying to “create a safe pathway” for Trump.
Yes, you read that correctly; apparently, Fields posed a threat to Trump. But, that’s not the point of this editorial. After this decision, Lewandowski went on a multi-outlet victory tour on the news shows. He claimed vindication, said the video “exonerated him,” and even had the gall to demand an apology from Fields.
Does he have no shame?
Even the prosecutor who “exonerated” Lewandowski said “the facts support the allegation that Mr. Lewandowski did grab Ms. Fields against her will,” and “Mr. Lewandowski publicly denied ever touching Ms. Fields in any way.”
So, a man who harmed a woman, lied about it and denied touching her, and had his boss slime her to the national media thinks he should be allowed to “move on” and deserves an apology from his victim. Even if what Lewandowski did wasn’t illegal, no one should consider it proper or justified.
Not only is he is a disgrace to manhood, but he also is a disgrace as a campaign manager.
What has been going on in the last few weeks of the campaign? Trump’s organization has gotten worked by Ted Cruz’s operation.
And here lies the irony. While Lewandowski is doing his media victory lap, Trump’s campaign — which he was/is in charge of running — is on the verge of losing the nomination because Trump had zero delegate strategy.
Trump and Lewandowski led us to believe that they thought the nomination was decided by the plurality of the popular vote, instead of by delegates at the convention. Frankly, it’s not surprising that Trump doesn’t know the process; he’s never voted in a Republican primary. But, Lewandowski was supposed to be his political wiz. Trump’s job was to stay in the spotlight; Lewandowski was supposed to worry about the details.
It would be one thing if no one thought the GOP nomination could end up in a contested convention. On the contrary, we’ve been predicting a contested convention since last year, and other experts have covered how the process was more built for a contested convention this time around.
Lewandowski had every reason to prepare for a contested process, but he didn’t. Now, the #NeverTrump crowd will almost certainly have a large majority at the convention, and Trump isn’t on pace to earn the 1237 delegates he needs. Even if Trump gets 1236 pledged delegates, that probably won’t even be enough to win the first ballot. On the second ballot, he will get crushed as delegates (who Cruz’s operation and grassroots team have won in droves) become un-pledged and can switch their votes away from Trump.
So, while Lewandowski might be grinning on the news shows, no one should be fooled about the content of his character or his skills as a political operative. To put it in ‘Trump speak’: He is a disgrace and a (soon-to-be) loser.
