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Opinion Our nation is in a free fall. But sure, let’s talk about Hillary’s emails again.

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August 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EDT
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, during an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Carolyn Kaster/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Nearly 5 million covid-19 cases in the United States. One-hundred fifty-seven thousand dead. Thirty-two million out of work. Tens of millions facing eviction, foreclosure and hunger.

What do we do now?

Simple: We talk about Hillary Clinton’s emails!

“During the investigation of Hillary Clinton over her email server, James Comey, the FBI director, had a press conference, as you know, on July 5 where he . . . said ‘no reasonable prosecutor’ would prosecute that case,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) said at Wednesday’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Did you know before July 5, 2016, that he was going to do that?” Cornyn asked.