O’Malley: ‘Collusion’ Between Trump and Russia Will Ultimately Be Proved’ Criminal

RUSH EXCERPT:

O'MALLEY: "Well, look, I think the Russian interference is unprecedented, and I believe the collusion of the Trump campaign with the Russians will ultimately be proved to have been criminal collusion. I think that’s a very, very real consideration. At the same time, we as a Democratic Party failed to have enough credibility to make the argument that we were best prepared to make our economy more inclusive, to make wages go up. Look, I think a very strong argument in this race would have been to say, look, this long recovery is only half complete. Our nation is creating jobs, but we have to make wages go up and not down as Donald Trump wants to do. That I think would have been the better argument. But we needed to have credibility to do that. I ran for president myself because I believe that our country was looking for change, was looking for a candidate that was not encumbered and tied into the relationships of Wall Street and the excesses there that led to the crash. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to open up a better lane and now we’re dealing with what we’re dealing with. Great countries correct their mistakes, and I think that’s what the United States will do."