The kumbaya convention

 

This is Harmeet Dhillon, a Bay Area lawyer and MAGA devotee who has made over eight million dollars representing Trump and related causes.  All she asked was to deliver a Sikh prayer on Monday night at the RNC rodeo.  For this she received colorful abuse on a level not seen since the Obama days.  (It's hard to feel sorry -- like every other MAGA minority she should have known what to expect.)

Nick Fuentes:  "This is blasphemy.  This is total blasphemy.  Oh, fuck off...Jesus saved Trump's life on Saturday and no one wants to give him credit at this convention."

Stew Peters:  "Day 1 of the RNC was complete with satanic chants and multiple prayers to FALSE GODS."

Lauren Witzke:  "How about you get deported instead, you pagan blasphemer.  God saves our president and the RNC mocks him with this witchcraft."

Carol M. Swain:  "I'm just say...The God of Abraham, Issac [sic] and Jacob would oppose interfaith chapels and the blending of worship across deities."

Andrew Torba, after Dhillon received a supportive message from a Jewish poster:  "Your Judeo-GOP, sir."

Last night nepo evangelist Franklin Graham showed up to be interviewed on Newsmax by erstwhile journalist Greta Van Susteren.  When she informed him that Joe Biden had tested positive for covid, Graham responded with a grin and a "joke":  "Well, I'm sure he's had the vaccine."  His father would have faked concern, but those days are gone.

CODEPINK is a women's peace group with a confusing agenda, advocating for Ukraine, opposing NATO, and supporting the Palestinians and closer relations with China.  A group of CODEPINK members were standing in line at the convention when one of them was shoved out of the way by Derrick Van Orden, the noted souse.  Van Orden accused the woman of assaulting him and had her arrested for being "visibly Palestinian."  He claims he was injured but refused medical treatment because he is manly and courageous and didn't lose his footing like Giuliani.  The ex-Navy SEAL then released a statement comparing his suffering to Trump's, which seems about right.

Brian:  You are all individuals!

Multitude:  Yes.  We are all individuals.  (Monty Python's Life of Brian)

J.D. Vance:  You guys are a great crowd!

Multitude:  Yes we are!  Yes we are!  (Vance's speech to the delegates)

Life imitates satire.


Forget the shoe, follow the maxi-pad!  Not at all cult-like behavior.  One question:  Why is the Leader not marketing his own ear bandages?

And a shout-out to Milwaukee's hard-working tattoo artists!

Kai Trump, 17-year-old daughter of Junior and his ex, made a daring speech about how much she loves Grandpa.  To date no one has heard a word from her 18-year-old Uncle Barron.

Vance has a booster in the Russian foreign ministry.  Sergei Lavrov said he wants a US leader who will engage in "equitable, mutually respectful dialogue," i.e., sell out Ukraine.  Lavrov is eager for the war to end, and no wonder:  Russia is so short of armored vehicles that it uses golf carts for assaults.  Trump can almost certainly get them a good deal.  He just needs them to do him a favor...

Hey, girls, check out the new Matt Gaetz!

What with cancelling another $1.2 billion in student debt, explaining Japanese-Korean relations to reporters, strengthening NATO and fending off attacks from his own party, it's not surprising that Joe Biden hasn't had time to purge agencies like the postal service and the FCC of all traitors.  Did you even know we still have an FCC?  A Trump-appointed commissioner named Brendan Carr also found time to write a chapter on reorganizing the executive branch for Sein Kampf, better known as the 2025 Project.  Jared Huffman (D-CA) and fifteen other House Democrats want to know if Carr misused his position and possibly violated the Hatch Act.  I'm going to speculate that James Comer and Jim Jordan are too busy hounding the Secret Service director from her job.

We're hours away from the big speech.  Wouldn't it be hilarious if the Teleprompter fails, as it did on Monday for Mike Johnson, and Trump goes into his rally routine, skating from sharks with batteries on their heads to low-pressure toilets to immigrants stealing all the bacon to Hannibal Lecter?  We are so far beyond A Face in the Crowd that it won't matter a wet slap.


 









  

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