‘Law and Order’ producer on ‘appalling’ Trump nominee: If he watched our show he’d know those answers
An executive producer from the hit series “Law and Order” wrote in to The New York Times to land a sick burn on President Donald Trump’s clueless judicial nominee Matthew Spencer Petersen.
A portion of Petersen’s confirmation hearing has gone viral, in which Republican Sen. John Kennedy (LA) found that Petersen was incapable of defining a few painfully simple legal terms.
William F. Fordes, a former writer for “Law and Order” — which ran for 20 seasons on NBC and spawned a number of spin-off shows — called it “inexcusable in this day and age” that Petersen should be so incapable of answering basic law questions, “whatever the limitations of Mr. Petersen’s legal schooling and past experience.” MORE…
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.