occupydemocrats--2020-10-16--Florida rally off the rails: Trump confuses Matt Gaetz with a convicted criminal former campaign ass

Florida rally off the rails: Trump confuses Matt Gaetz with a convicted criminal former campaign associate

Donald Trump ’ s Superspreader Tour 2020 hit its latest campaign stop in Ocala , Florida today after the president ’ s disastrous town hall appearance last night .
Trump was obviously much happier to just ramble about whatever grievance or boast that came into his head during the rally rather than being asked tough questions by a persistent journalist like NBC ’ s Savannah Guthrie at last night ’ s event .
As usual , the president ’ s unstructured campaign speech contained plentiful misinformation and lies , false attacks on his political enemies , and Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favorite chant among his deplorable supporters , “ Lock Her Up !
” Vox ‘ s Aaron Rupar scoured the internet for highlights of Trump ’ s most notable remarks at the Florida rally some of which we present here for your amusement , disdain , horror , and anger .
It didn ’ t take long for the president to go after his formidable antagonist from last night ’ s town hall .
Perhaps , Guthrie isn ’ t too popular in the Trump camp , but she ’ s earned nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the truth out of the president by simply repeating the questions that he refuses to deliver a straight answer for until he slips up and lets some small kernel of reality intrude on his rote spiel .
Before long , Trump was trotting out his patented crowd-pleasing chant , modified slightly to target Joe Biden rather than his 2016 opponent .
It ’ s kind of pathetic to see our nation ’ s president tout an American death toll greater than the combined number of our countrymen killed in World War I , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ War , and the conflicts in the Middle East as a win for his administration , but then again what else has he got ?
If you answered unironic , unintentional humor you may be right .
Trump ’ s claim that “ the Biden family is a criminal enterprise ” is downright laughable when you consider the tax evasion charges , the children ’ s charity swindling , Trump University , the emoluments , the sexual assault and rape charges , and the many other illegal activities that have been attributed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again , psychological projection has always seemed to be this president ’ s favorite form of exercise outside of climbing in and out of a golf cart .
Trump ’ s diminished mental acuity was on full display as he mistakenly gave a shout out to Rick Gates — his former campaign aide who testified against his partner Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort during the Mueller investigation .
That the person he was referring to was actually his slavish congressional lapdog Congressman Matt Gaetz ( R-FL ) made the gaffe even sweeter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burning with embarrassment over the fact that his hero couldn ’ t even remember his name properly .
Three more terms in prison would be a whole lot more likely than the scenario that Trump describes there .
Trump continued to spew his lies and venom before turning to his reliable attack on the media as “ the enemy of the people.
” A quick word of caution .
anyone who ever tells you that a free press is the enemy of the people probably deserves that title for themselves .
Trump seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the polls despite denigrating any poll that actually reflects public sentiment , and this is likely why he has been so anxious to resume his rallies so soon after his coronavirus infection .
The president gave a hint that his stamina to endure a punishing schedule of appearances across the country was chemically enabled with one of his last statements at the Ocala , Florida rally .
As progressives contemplate how to overcome the evil forces of Republicanism , Trump ’ s allies suggest that Darwin may take on a considerable portion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , we can ’ t count on COVID-19 itself to reduce the president ’ s base sufficiently enough to overcome the inevitable efforts to fix the election in Trump ’ s favor through legal maneuvers or outright cheating .
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Donald Trump’s Superspreader Tour 2020 hit its latest campaign stop in Ocala, Florida today after the president’s disastrous town hall appearance last night.
Trump was obviously much happier to just ramble about whatever grievance or boast that came into his head during the rally rather than being asked tough questions by a persistent journalist like NBC’s Savannah Guthrie at last night’s event.
As usual, the president’s unstructured campaign speech contained plentiful misinformation and lies, false attacks on his political enemies, and Trump’s greatest rally hits, including the perennial favorite chant among his deplorable supporters, “Lock Her Up!”
Vox‘s Aaron Rupar scoured the internet for highlights of Trump’s most notable remarks at the Florida rally some of which we present here for your amusement, disdain, horror, and anger.
It didn’t take long for the president to go after his formidable antagonist from last night’s town hall.
"She's like, disappeared. Nobody can find her. She's not too popular right now" — Trump on Savannah Guthrie after last night's NBC town hall pic.twitter.com/MAW5zmShTN — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
Perhaps, Guthrie isn’t too popular in the Trump camp, but she’s earned nearly unanimous praise for her ability to coax the truth out of the president by simply repeating the questions that he refuses to deliver a straight answer for until he slips up and lets some small kernel of reality intrude on his rote spiel.
Before long, Trump was trotting out his patented crowd-pleasing chant, modified slightly to target Joe Biden rather than his 2016 opponent.
Trump struggles to talk about the US coronavirus death toll, but compares the death toll of nearly 220,000 Americans favorably with a situation in which the government did absolutely nothing at all pic.twitter.com/QRvzx9wSVT — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
It’s kind of pathetic to see our nation’s president tout an American death toll greater than the combined number of our countrymen killed in World War I, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and the conflicts in the Middle East as a win for his administration, but then again what else has he got?
If you answered unironic, unintentional humor you may be right.
Trump’s claim that “the Biden family is a criminal enterprise” is downright laughable when you consider the tax evasion charges, the children’s charity swindling, Trump University, the emoluments, the sexual assault and rape charges, and the many other illegal activities that have been attributed to the president and his family.
Then again, psychological projection has always seemed to be this president’s favorite form of exercise outside of climbing in and out of a golf cart.
Trump’s diminished mental acuity was on full display as he mistakenly gave a shout out to Rick Gates — his former campaign aide who testified against his partner Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort during the Mueller investigation.
That the person he was referring to was actually his slavish congressional lapdog Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made the gaffe even sweeter, knowing that the DUI-prone legislator was likely burning with embarrassment over the fact that his hero couldn’t even remember his name properly.
Trump quips about serving three more terms in office pic.twitter.com/0vnPfA4wkd — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
Three more terms in prison would be a whole lot more likely than the scenario that Trump describes there.
Trump continued to spew his lies and venom before turning to his reliable attack on the media as “the enemy of the people.”
A quick word of caution. anyone who ever tells you that a free press is the enemy of the people probably deserves that title for themselves.
"We can share a microphone now" — Hope Hicks is at the rally, not wearing a mask, and for some reason she gets up to the lectern and says (literally) a couple words pic.twitter.com/ma55BJJWb5 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
Trump seems to know that he is far behind in the polls despite denigrating any poll that actually reflects public sentiment, and this is likely why he has been so anxious to resume his rallies so soon after his coronavirus infection.
The president gave a hint that his stamina to endure a punishing schedule of appearances across the country was chemically enabled with one of his last statements at the Ocala, Florida rally.
Ron DeSantis is mingling with people without a mask pic.twitter.com/l0gDOBXvx1 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
As progressives contemplate how to overcome the evil forces of Republicanism, Trump’s allies suggest that Darwin may take on a considerable portion of that burden on their behalf.
However, we can’t count on COVID-19 itself to reduce the president’s base sufficiently enough to overcome the inevitable efforts to fix the election in Trump’s favor through legal maneuvers or outright cheating.
Get out and vote Joe Biden into an unassailable margin of victory, and next year we won’t have to endure Trump’s batshit crazy blathering a moment longer.
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Original reporting by Aaron Rupar at Vox.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-16--Trump’s former Chief of Staff trashes him to friends, says he’s the “most flawed person” he’s ever m

Trump’s former Chief of Staff trashes him to friends, says he’s the “most flawed person” he’s ever met

Since day one of this national nightmare , the Trump White House has drawn attention for the remarkable turnover rate amongst its senior administration officials .
Some have been fired by the president for upsetting his delicate ego while others have resigned after seeing the way in which Trump repeatedly puts his own interests over the American people .
Many have gone on to reveal the chaotic inner workings of this White House , painting deeply unflattering portraits of an ignorant , incompetent president in way over his head .
With the election only a few weeks away , CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a “ warning ” from some of these former Trump officials .
On Twitter today , CNN ’ s Jake Tapper offered a sneak preview of some of the content included in the special and if it ’ s any indication of what ’ s to come this weekend the president has cause for concern .
Tapper revealed that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has confided in friends that the “ depths of [ Trump ’ s ] dishonesty ” astounds him .
Offering a description in perfect keeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us ascribe to Donald Trump by now , Kelly added that “ every relationship ” is “ transactional ” which he finds “ pathetic.
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“ He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life , ” said Kelly , who has publicly sided against the president numerous times since leaving his service , inviting the ire of Trump himself on some occasions .
While Kelly ’ s assessment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t go quite far enough .
“ Flawed ” implies that Donald Trump possesses some positive traits buried within him , that there is some part of him that isn ’ t wholly rotten and psychopathic .
That ’ s simply not the case .
Trump is an unadulterated monster , a man who runs on hatred , cruelty , and egomania .
He ’ s not “ flawed , ” he ’ s irredeemable to his core .
More importantly , it ’ s not enough for Kelly to simply confide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Kelly has a moral responsibility to his country to come out forcefully and tell the American people what he knows .
If he thinks this president is unfit for office he should say so in no uncertain terms .
Silence is cowardice and cowardice in this case pushes our country closer and closer towards irreparable ruin .
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Since day one of this national nightmare, the Trump White House has drawn attention for the remarkable turnover rate amongst its senior administration officials. Some have been fired by the president for upsetting his delicate ego while others have resigned after seeing the way in which Trump repeatedly puts his own interests over the American people. Many have gone on to reveal the chaotic inner workings of this White House, painting deeply unflattering portraits of an ignorant, incompetent president in way over his head.
With the election only a few weeks away, CNN is airing a special this Sunday billed as a “warning” from some of these former Trump officials. On Twitter today, CNN’s Jake Tapper offered a sneak preview of some of the content included in the special and if it’s any indication of what’s to come this weekend the president has cause for concern.
Tapper revealed that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has confided in friends that the “depths of [Trump’s] dishonesty” astounds him. Offering a description in perfect keeping with the quality of character most of us ascribe to Donald Trump by now, Kelly added that “every relationship” is “transactional” which he finds “pathetic.”
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“He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life,” said Kelly, who has publicly sided against the president numerous times since leaving his service, inviting the ire of Trump himself on some occasions.
While Kelly’s assessment is almost certainly correct, it doesn’t go quite far enough. “Flawed” implies that Donald Trump possesses some positive traits buried within him, that there is some part of him that isn’t wholly rotten and psychopathic. That’s simply not the case. Trump is an unadulterated monster, a man who runs on hatred, cruelty, and egomania. He’s not “flawed,” he’s irredeemable to his core.
More importantly, it’s not enough for Kelly to simply confide his feelings about Trump to his friends. Kelly has a moral responsibility to his country to come out forcefully and tell the American people what he knows. If he thinks this president is unfit for office he should say so in no uncertain terms. Silence is cowardice and cowardice in this case pushes our country closer and closer towards irreparable ruin. History is watching.
Former WH COS John Kelly has told friends, about Trump: “The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it's more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life." pic.twitter.com/IUdT2KgSGr — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 16, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-16--McEnany sparks much derision after mopey whine about Trump’s victimhood

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany may not be presiding over any press scrums lately due to her bout of COVID-19 , but she has managed to keep up enough of a Twitter presence while she was quarantining that she was temporarily banned from the social media platform for sharing a link to a discredited NY Post story that was likely sourced from Russian disinformation .
McEnany relented and deleted the offending tweet to regain her posting abilities on Twitter after complaining that the tech company “ essentially ” forced her to do so at metaphoric “ gunpoint.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ platform came just in time for Donald Trump ’ s town hall meeting on NBC last night , and McEnanay was ready to bang the drum on the president ’ s behalf from the social media sidelines before , during , and after his appearance .
Unfortunately for the press secretary , the post that had the biggest impact last night was one that read like McEnany had imbibed a whole bottle of paranoia juice before hitting “ tweet.
” Sign the petition to tell Mitch McConnell : No vote on a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Perhaps “ WORKING MAN AND WOMAN ” is a bit expansive of a category to include in Trump ’ s plus column for this election .
It fails to indicate the large subset of that broad category of people who have grown disillusioned with the president ’ s woeful mismanagement of the country , his despicable personality , and his string of broken promises as well as those working people who were on to his con from the start .
It also forgets to include the billionaire buddies of Trump ’ s who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his slanted tax cuts and his gutting of the nation ’ s regulatory environment for businesses .
Those who took the time to reply to McEneny ’ s post were savage in their responses to her apparent persecution complex .
There are plenty more where these came from.ly Perhaps the press secretary should spend more time contemplating why she has been forced to stay in quarantine — namely because of her boss ’ s massive incompetence in taking effective action to halt the spread of the pandemic — and less time pointing fingers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the mess that this nation now finds itself .
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany may not be presiding over any press scrums lately due to her bout of COVID-19, but she has managed to keep up enough of a Twitter presence while she was quarantining that she was temporarily banned from the social media platform for sharing a link to a discredited NY Post story that was likely sourced from Russian disinformation.
McEnany relented and deleted the offending tweet to regain her posting abilities on Twitter after complaining that the tech company “essentially” forced her to do so at metaphoric “gunpoint.”
The press secretary’s return to the platform came just in time for Donald Trump’s town hall meeting on NBC last night, and McEnanay was ready to bang the drum on the president’s behalf from the social media sidelines before, during, and after his appearance.
Unfortunately for the press secretary, the post that had the biggest impact last night was one that read like McEnany had imbibed a whole bottle of paranoia juice before hitting “tweet.”
TWITTER is against us. THE MEDIA is against us. BIG TECH is against us. THE SWAMP is against us. THE DEEP STATE is against us. THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE is against us. CHINA is against us. But President Trump has the WORKING MAN AND WOMAN and NOTHING can beat that‼ — Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) October 15, 2020
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Perhaps “WORKING MAN AND WOMAN” is a bit expansive of a category to include in Trump’s plus column for this election.
It fails to indicate the large subset of that broad category of people who have grown disillusioned with the president’s woeful mismanagement of the country, his despicable personality, and his string of broken promises as well as those working people who were on to his con from the start.
It also forgets to include the billionaire buddies of Trump’s who have most benefited from his presidency through his slanted tax cuts and his gutting of the nation’s regulatory environment for businesses.
Those who took the time to reply to McEneny’s post were savage in their responses to her apparent persecution complex.
To be fair Hollywood Elites James Woods and Clint Eastwood are for you. And Silicon Valley Elite Peter Thiel is for you. Convicted felons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and Trump’s old friend and dance partner Jeffrey Epstein as well as the Taliban, Nazis and the KKK. — Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 16, 2020
No one plays the victim like racists and elitists do, in direct response to the bullshit that they do to others. Know what that's called? AN ABUSER. — BLACK TZEDEK (@BlackTzedek) October 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/john__rosevear/status/1317065988840587264?s=20
Apparently Kayleigh hasn't seen the latest unemployment numbers. Because of Trump's horrendous handling of the pandemic, fewer men and women are working. Sucks when you're pulling the rug out from under your last bastion of support. — Female Suburban Homeowner* (@nvrvoted4theRs) October 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/katgal2/status/1317103445124534274?s=20
https://twitter.com/swordywordy1/status/1317183563679158273?s=20
https://twitter.com/SusanMurrell6/status/1317155111307792384?s=20
5 years later Trump still has no plan. He has been on his farewell tour for 5 years. — Danielle Candela (@DanielleCandela) October 16, 2020
Hi Kayleigh!! Hope you're watching Fox News all weekend. You get to see yourself calling an American patriot a "former junior employee". Enjoy. https://t.co/COfCC3n3Ru — Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) October 16, 2020
You forgot: Scientists Scholars Historians Economists Pretty much everyone who deals with facts. You are an accomplice to a Con Man who has recklessly endangered millions of Americans and doesn’t care about anyone but himself. https://t.co/slH8qhOfgZ — Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) October 16, 2020
There are plenty more where these came from.ly
Perhaps the press secretary should spend more time contemplating why she has been forced to stay in quarantine — namely because of her boss’s massive incompetence in taking effective action to halt the spread of the pandemic — and less time pointing fingers at people who justifiably blame Donald Trump for the mess that this nation now finds itself.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-16--Trump brutally mocked for breathlessly falling for a joke news article

Donald Trump has once again given the world an embarrassing reminder of the true depths of his stupidity by eagerly retweeting a satirical article as if it were a genuine news story .
The article in question was published by The Babylon Bee , a deeply unfunny right-wing version of The Onion whose “ jokes ” usually just consist of hamfisted conservative talking points .
The article Trump shared was titled “ Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread of Negative Biden News , ” a mocking take on Twitter ’ s decision to stop the spread of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former vice president ’ s son .
Demonstrating all of the credulity of a particularly uncurious child , Trump remarked : “ Wow , this has never been done in history .
This includes his really bad interview last night .
Why is Twitter doing this .
Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T. ” Clearly , the president was not sharing the article because he thought it was funny , he was sharing it because he thought it was true or a useful piece of misinformation he could blast to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deeply embarrassing and the second is deeply unacceptable .
It hardly needs to be said , but the man in control of our nuclear arsenal and in full command of the world ’ s most powerful military should ideally be able to tell the difference between actual news and a joke .
His mind has all the horsepower of a rusty hamster wheel .
Hours later , Trump penned another tweet explaining that “ Big T ” was not a reference to himself but a term he has coined for “ Big Tech.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been “ properly pointed out in Twitter ’ s Fake Trending Section , ” as if Twitter should have been able to read his mind and immediately know what “ Big T ” stood for .
Really what we have here is a case of an elderly man in possible cognitive decline getting confused and angry on the internet because he lacks basic digital literacy .
Twitter users could hardly believe the president ’ s idiocy and unleashed a torrent of mockery .
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Donald Trump has once again given the world an embarrassing reminder of the true depths of his stupidity by eagerly retweeting a satirical article as if it were a genuine news story. The article in question was published by The Babylon Bee, a deeply unfunny right-wing version of The Onion whose “jokes” usually just consist of hamfisted conservative talking points.
Babylon Bee isn't just awfully unfunny but i think it is also the only publication that charges its own writers $10 a month to submit ideas pic.twitter.com/OSFnllN3yF — Jeremy Kaplowitz (@jeremysmiles) October 15, 2020
The article Trump shared was titled “Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread of Negative Biden News,” a mocking take on Twitter’s decision to stop the spread of a New York Post hit piece on the former vice president’s son. Demonstrating all of the credulity of a particularly uncurious child, Trump remarked: “Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this. Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T.”
Clearly, the president was not sharing the article because he thought it was funny, he was sharing it because he thought it was true or a useful piece of misinformation he could blast to his followers. The first explanation is deeply embarrassing and the second is deeply unacceptable. It hardly needs to be said, but the man in control of our nuclear arsenal and in full command of the world’s most powerful military should ideally be able to tell the difference between actual news and a joke. His mind has all the horsepower of a rusty hamster wheel.
Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News https://t.co/JPmjOrKPcr via @TheBabylonBee Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this. Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2020
Hours later, Trump penned another tweet explaining that “Big T” was not a reference to himself but a term he has coined for “Big Tech.” He added that this distinction should have been “properly pointed out in Twitter’s Fake Trending Section,” as if Twitter should have been able to read his mind and immediately know what “Big T” stood for.
Really what we have here is a case of an elderly man in possible cognitive decline getting confused and angry on the internet because he lacks basic digital literacy.
Big T was not a reference to me, but rather to Big Tech, which should have been properly pointed out in Twitter’s Fake Trending Section! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2020
Twitter users could hardly believe the president’s idiocy and unleashed a torrent of mockery.
As the nation sleeps, Trump claims that Twitter crashed itself to save Joe Biden from the New York Post. His source is a satirical article from the Babylon Bee, a right-wing Christian version of The Onion. https://t.co/Tg9UjokR1w — Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) October 16, 2020
President Low T was fooled by a satirical website called "The Babylon Bee," similar to The Onion. Not hard to fool this fool, tho. https://t.co/dtQlivNVmN — BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) October 16, 2020
Crazy Uncle Trump thinks the Babylon Bee is real pic.twitter.com/YBwLQDz18k — Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) October 16, 2020
Some people are saying Babylon Bee is a satire site, and that this tweet may suggest once again that our President is an excitable idiot. On the other hand, Babylon Bee is more grounded in reality than a lot of other sites Trump retweets. https://t.co/VmNbzlNUXc — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 16, 2020
The President just tweeted out a Babylon Bee parody as though it were an investigative report. He still has the nuclear codes. pic.twitter.com/AsgIw4iZbN — Chris Beneke (@historyball) October 16, 2020
Everyone knows The Babylon Bee is satire. Sure, a boomer here and there gets fooled by it, but— *looks at Twitter* *spits out drink* — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) October 16, 2020
If the satirical Babylon Bee can dupe the president imagine how easily he can be duped by Putin. Actually we don’t have to imagine. — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 16, 2020
Trump is basically getting mad over Onion posts (The Babylon Bee is a satirical site) https://t.co/vDvNbOzCvg — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
The Babylon Bee is a parody site. Please don't vote for dumb people anymore. — Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) October 16, 2020
THE BABYLON BEE IS A HUMOR SITE YOU CREDULOUS FOOL — Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) October 16, 2020
Babylon Bee is a satire site, you unbelievable idiot. Christ on a cracker, you are dumb.#Trump2020Landslide #fridaymorning pic.twitter.com/SakrddgSaI — Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 16, 2020
The Babylon Bee is satire, you stupendously stupid, syphilitic sock monkey. #TrumpIsALaughingStock — Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) October 16, 2020
Joe Biden can identify satire. That’ll be nice in a President. — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 16, 2020
Hi Big T, The Babylon Bee is a parody site like The Onion except geared towards loser conservatives who have no sense of humor. You must be really desperate, and it shows. — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 16, 2020
This is a joke. This is a satirical site. You are the single dumbest person on the planet. — Sinned Perkins (@DennisPerkins5) October 16, 2020
President Tricked By Babylon Bee Says He’s Not Tricked By Kim, Putin, or Xi pic.twitter.com/ZVaMWoW2N6 — Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) October 16, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-16--Trump spitefully torpedoes Susan Collins’ re-election chances with vengeful tweet

On Friday morning , President Trump tore into vulnerable Senator Susan Collins ( R-ME ) for indicating that she would not be voting in favor of his latest Supreme Court nominee , Amy Coney Barrett .
Declaring that she was “ not worth the work , ” the president ’ s preference for petty vengeance once again triumphed over the strategic needs of the Republican Party .
Collins is facing her toughest re-election battle yet from Maine ’ s Democratic Speaker of the House , Sara Gideon , who has seized a consistent lead in the polls as Election Day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will likely encourage his diehard supporters in Maine to not vote for her as punishment for angering the Great Leader , putting a crucial Senate seat within Democrat reach and helping the opposition finally retake the Senate after ten long years of domination by Mitch McConnell and his fellow extremists .
Collins made the fatal mistake of attempting to both support the president and maintain her veneer as an “ iNdEPenDenT RePubLicAn , ” which in practice has means waxing poetic about her concerns before dutifully voting for whatever Trump and McConnell want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for credibly accused sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh ’ s Supreme Court nomination was a tipping point for Maine ’ s independent-minded voters , among whom President Trump is very unpopular .
As the vote for yet another Supreme Court Justice looms on the horizon , Collins is desperately trying to appeal to voters by refusing to vote for Amy Coney Barrett on the grounds that it ’ s too close to the election , inevitably sparking a vicious backlash from a president who is infamous for never letting any slight go unpunished .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ put her on his list of enemies hopefully will be the nail in her political coffin .
You can share how concerned you are about Susan Collins ’ re-election at Sarah Gideon ’ s ActBlue page .

On Friday morning, President Trump tore into vulnerable Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) for indicating that she would not be voting in favor of his latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
There is a nasty rumor out there that @SenatorCollins of Maine will not be supporting our great United States Supreme Court Nominee. Well, she didn’t support Healthcare or my opening up 5000 square miles of Ocean to Maine, so why should this be any different. Not worth the work! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2020
Declaring that she was “not worth the work,” the president’s preference for petty vengeance once again triumphed over the strategic needs of the Republican Party. Collins is facing her toughest re-election battle yet from Maine’s Democratic Speaker of the House, Sara Gideon, who has seized a consistent lead in the polls as Election Day draws closer.
Poll out today from Pan Atlantic Research in Portland shows Democrat Sara Gideon ahead of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, 47 percent-40 percent. That's slightly higher than most other public polls last month, most of which had Gideon with a 4 or 5 point edge. #mepolitics — Eric Russell (@PPHEricRussell) October 15, 2020
Trump’s rebuke will likely encourage his diehard supporters in Maine to not vote for her as punishment for angering the Great Leader, putting a crucial Senate seat within Democrat reach and helping the opposition finally retake the Senate after ten long years of domination by Mitch McConnell and his fellow extremists.
Collins made the fatal mistake of attempting to both support the president and maintain her veneer as an “iNdEPenDenT RePubLicAn,” which in practice has means waxing poetic about her concerns before dutifully voting for whatever Trump and McConnell want her to. Her decision to vote for credibly accused sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination was a tipping point for Maine’s independent-minded voters, among whom President Trump is very unpopular.
As the vote for yet another Supreme Court Justice looms on the horizon, Collins is desperately trying to appeal to voters by refusing to vote for Amy Coney Barrett on the grounds that it’s too close to the election, inevitably sparking a vicious backlash from a president who is infamous for never letting any slight go unpunished.
Now the president’s decision to put her on his list of enemies hopefully will be the nail in her political coffin.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-17--Melania Trump goes full Donald, uses official White House website to trash her ex-friend

It appears that President Donald Trump isn ’ t the only member of his family who uses government resources to complain about their enemies .
The First Lady , Melania Trump , raised eyebrows around the nation on Friday night when she published a blog post to the official White House website trashing her former friend , Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff , over her tell-all book and the damning tapes of the First Lady that Wolkoff secretly recorded .
Ostensibly written under the auspices of her “ BeBest ” initiative , Melania followed her husband ’ s attack playbook to a T @ @ @ @ @ @ @ printing lies , assert the person never was your friend anyway , and call them a loser : “ We all know that more often than not , information that could be helpful to children is lost in the noise made by self-serving adults .
I have most recently found this to be the case as major news outlets eagerly covered salacious claims made by a former contractor who advised my office .
A person who said she ‘ made me ’ even though she hardly knew me , and someone who clung @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Presidency .
This is a woman who secretly recorded our phone calls , releasing portions from me that were out of context , then wrote a book of idle gossip trying to distort my character .
Her “ memoir ” included blaming me for her ailing health from an accident she had long ago , and for bad news coverage that she brought upon herself and others .
Never once looking within at her own dishonest behavior and all in an attempt to be relevant .
These kinds of people only care about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We do appreciate Melania ’ s decision to bring the recorded tapes back into public discourse because the news coverage of both hilarious and appalling contents of the tapes were immediately overshadowed by the announcement that Trump and Melania had contracted COVID-19 .
The First Lady was recorded wondering “ who gives a fuck about Christmas ?
” and complaining about being accused of complicity in her husband ’ s many crimes and atrocities .
“ They say I ’ m complicit , I ’ m the same like him , I support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough , I don ’ t do enough where I am .
I ’ m working … my ass off on the Christmas stuff , that you know , who gives a fuck about the Christmas stuff and decorations ?
But I need to do it , right ?
And then I do it and I say that I ’ m working on Christmas and planning for the Christmas and they said , ‘ Oh , what about the children that they were separated ?
’ Give me a fucking break .
Where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ?
I can not go , I was trying to get the kid reunited with the mom .
I didn ’ t have a chance – [ it ] needs to go through the process and through the law , ” said Melania .
As funny as it is to hear the First Lady of the “ War on Christmas ” party say fuck to Christmas , it ’ s the dismissive rejection of any culpability in the horrifying separation of tens of thousands of migrant children from their family with no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear that Melania Trump is just as vicious and morally abhorrent a person as the rest of the Trump family is .
For her to publish this White House blog post attacking her former friend in the exact same way that Trump always does proves that she ’ s become just as monstrous as he is .
Good thing we ’ re going to send her packing in just three short weeks !

It appears that President Donald Trump isn’t the only member of his family who uses government resources to complain about their enemies. The First Lady, Melania Trump, raised eyebrows around the nation on Friday night when she published a blog post to the official White House website trashing her former friend, Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff, over her tell-all book and the damning tapes of the First Lady that Wolkoff secretly recorded.
Ostensibly written under the auspices of her “BeBest” initiative, Melania followed her husband’s attack playbook to a T: claim the fake news media is printing lies, assert the person never was your friend anyway, and call them a loser:
“We all know that more often than not, information that could be helpful to children is lost in the noise made by self-serving adults. I have most recently found this to be the case as major news outlets eagerly covered salacious claims made by a former contractor who advised my office. A person who said she ‘made me’ even though she hardly knew me, and someone who clung to me after my husband won the Presidency. This is a woman who secretly recorded our phone calls, releasing portions from me that were out of context, then wrote a book of idle gossip trying to distort my character. Her “memoir” included blaming me for her ailing health from an accident she had long ago, and for bad news coverage that she brought upon herself and others. Never once looking within at her own dishonest behavior and all in an attempt to be relevant. These kinds of people only care about their personal agenda—not about helping others.”
We do appreciate Melania’s decision to bring the recorded tapes back into public discourse because the news coverage of both hilarious and appalling contents of the tapes were immediately overshadowed by the announcement that Trump and Melania had contracted COVID-19.
The First Lady was recorded wondering “who gives a fuck about Christmas?” and complaining about being accused of complicity in her husband’s many crimes and atrocities.
“They say I’m complicit, I’m the same like him, I support him. I don’t say enough, I don’t do enough where I am. I’m working … my ass off on the Christmas stuff, that you know, who gives a fuck about the Christmas stuff and decorations? But I need to do it, right? And then I do it and I say that I’m working on Christmas and planning for the Christmas and they said, ‘Oh, what about the children that they were separated?’ Give me a fucking break. Where they were saying anything when Obama did that? I cannot go, I was trying to get the kid reunited with the mom. I didn’t have a chance – [it] needs to go through the process and through the law,” said Melania.
Melania has blasted her ex-friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, saying she "hardly knew me.” BREAKING: FLOTUS talks to people she hardly knows like this: “Who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration?” Kids in cages? “Give me a fucking break.”pic.twitter.com/QLSpfqdgBH — Richard Hine (@richardhine) October 17, 2020
As funny as it is to hear the First Lady of the “War on Christmas” party say fuck to Christmas, it’s the dismissive rejection of any culpability in the horrifying separation of tens of thousands of migrant children from their family with no plan to reunite them that makes it clear that Melania Trump is just as vicious and morally abhorrent a person as the rest of the Trump family is.
For her to publish this White House blog post attacking her former friend in the exact same way that Trump always does proves that she’s become just as monstrous as he is. Good thing we’re going to send her packing in just three short weeks!
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-17--Trump team last-ditch Hunter Biden scandal backfires as hacked emails prove Joe Biden loves his son

As the election draws closer and Donald Trump ’ s re-election chances appear to grow slimmer by the day , the president and his cronies are scraping the bottom of the barrel for anything and everything they can possibly throw at Joe Biden .
While we all expected some sort of an “ October Surprise ” last-ditch effort to tilt the election in Trump ’ s favor , the laziness and incompetence with which they ’ ve tried to recycle their 2016 playbook is very amusing to behold .
The New York Post has apparently obtained a hard drive containing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sound familiar ? )
that we are supposed to believe came from a liquid-damaged laptop that Hunter , who lives in Los Angeles , allegedly left at a computer repair shop in Delaware .
The shop owner is then supposed to have read the contents of the hard drive , have been “ troubled ” by the contents of the hard drive , and alerted the FBI in 2019 , but not before the owner made a copy of the hard drive , which he recently gave to Trump attack dog Rudy Giuliani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fast enough .
This chain of events is preposterous .
Given that the FBI is currently investigating whether or not these emails are related to foreign intelligence operations , it ’ s far more likely that someone , possibly Russia , hacked Hunter ’ s iCloud and used Ukrainian intermediaries to get the docs to Giuliani .
But even if all of that is true , the entire “ scandal ” appears to hinge on repeating “ hard drive !
emails !
” so often that the lingering accusations of corruption against Hillary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing as there is almost nothing that could be considered actually damning in the emails themselves .
There is just one email that might be considered problematic , which appears to show Burisima energy board member Vadym Pozharskyi thanking Hunter for “ an opportunity to meet your father.
” No record of such an official meeting exists , though the Biden campaign has not ruled out that an informal meeting took place .
The insinuation is that some sort of improper back-room deal was struck at this meeting , but the Trump team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon what exactly the payoff of that deal was beyond that it was corrupt and involves “ business.
” The right-wing is desperately hoping that the accusations of impropriety will be enough to carry this convoluted web of conspiracy by itself .
But unfortunately for Trump and his buddies , what will be far more interesting and understandable to the American people is the messages that Joe Biden sent to his son Hunter , who was in rehab struggling with drug addiction .
“ Good morning my beautiful son !
I love you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one message .
In the exchange that followed , Hunter mourned that he would be a liability for his father ’ s presidential ambitions .
“ Well dad , the truth is as you and hallie point out — I am a f***ed up addict that cant [ sic ] be…Trusted relied upon nor defended , ” wrote Hunter to his dad .
Instead of being angry or abusive the way Donald Trump certainly would have been if his son had done the same , Biden showed unconditional love and support for his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with drug addiction or have watched a family member go through the same fight , and it is enormously humanizing to see these intimate exchanges between Biden and his son — especially in contrast with Trump who in four years has never shown that kind of affection for his children , his wife , or anyone at all .
It speaks to Biden ’ s innate goodness and empathy for others , qualities which are entirely absent from the character of a sociopath like Donald Trump .
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At a fundamental level , the last-ditch attempt to sell the public on yet another overly complicated low-stakes Hunter Biden scandal illustrates just how deeply the Trump team have fallen victim to their own paranoid obsessions .
The nation is wracked with crisis as the coronavirus rages , the economy tanks , and millions of American families teeter on the precipice of unemployment , poverty , and homelessness .
It ’ s really hard to imagine how any voter who hasn ’ t already succumbed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all about this , especially when the big takeaway is that Joe Biden is a father who loves and cares about his children — and after four years of racist FOX News uncle , America could really use some paternal support .

As the election draws closer and Donald Trump’s re-election chances appear to grow slimmer by the day, the president and his cronies are scraping the bottom of the barrel for anything and everything they can possibly throw at Joe Biden. While we all expected some sort of an “October Surprise” last-ditch effort to tilt the election in Trump’s favor, the laziness and incompetence with which they’ve tried to recycle their 2016 playbook is very amusing to behold.
The New York Post has apparently obtained a hard drive containing emails and messages from Hunter Biden (sound familiar?) that we are supposed to believe came from a liquid-damaged laptop that Hunter, who lives in Los Angeles, allegedly left at a computer repair shop in Delaware.
The shop owner is then supposed to have read the contents of the hard drive, have been “troubled” by the contents of the hard drive, and alerted the FBI in 2019, but not before the owner made a copy of the hard drive, which he recently gave to Trump attack dog Rudy Giuliani because law enforcement wasn’t acting fast enough.
This chain of events is preposterous. Given that the FBI is currently investigating whether or not these emails are related to foreign intelligence operations, it’s far more likely that someone, possibly Russia, hacked Hunter’s iCloud and used Ukrainian intermediaries to get the docs to Giuliani.
But even if all of that is true, the entire “scandal” appears to hinge on repeating “hard drive! emails!” so often that the lingering accusations of corruption against Hillary Clinton magically transfer to the Bidens, seeing as there is almost nothing that could be considered actually damning in the emails themselves.
There is just one email that might be considered problematic, which appears to show Burisima energy board member Vadym Pozharskyi thanking Hunter for “an opportunity to meet your father.” No record of such an official meeting exists, though the Biden campaign has not ruled out that an informal meeting took place. The insinuation is that some sort of improper back-room deal was struck at this meeting, but the Trump team don’t seem to have agreed upon what exactly the payoff of that deal was beyond that it was corrupt and involves “business.”
The right-wing is desperately hoping that the accusations of impropriety will be enough to carry this convoluted web of conspiracy by itself. But unfortunately for Trump and his buddies, what will be far more interesting and understandable to the American people is the messages that Joe Biden sent to his son Hunter, who was in rehab struggling with drug addiction.
“Good morning my beautiful son! I love you!” wrote Biden to Hunter in one message.
In the exchange that followed, Hunter mourned that he would be a liability for his father’s presidential ambitions.
“Well dad, the truth is as you and hallie point out — I am a f***ed up addict that cant [sic] be…Trusted relied upon nor defended,” wrote Hunter to his dad. Instead of being angry or abusive the way Donald Trump certainly would have been if his son had done the same, Biden showed unconditional love and support for his son.
Millions of Americans have struggled with drug addiction or have watched a family member go through the same fight, and it is enormously humanizing to see these intimate exchanges between Biden and his son — especially in contrast with Trump who in four years has never shown that kind of affection for his children, his wife, or anyone at all. It speaks to Biden’s innate goodness and empathy for others, qualities which are entirely absent from the character of a sociopath like Donald Trump.
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At a fundamental level, the last-ditch attempt to sell the public on yet another overly complicated low-stakes Hunter Biden scandal illustrates just how deeply the Trump team have fallen victim to their own paranoid obsessions.
The nation is wracked with crisis as the coronavirus rages, the economy tanks, and millions of American families teeter on the precipice of unemployment, poverty, and homelessness. It’s really hard to imagine how any voter who hasn’t already succumbed to the Trump cult brain worms could care at all about this, especially when the big takeaway is that Joe Biden is a father who loves and cares about his children — and after four years of racist FOX News uncle, America could really use some paternal support.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-17--Trump lashes out at Republican Senator after audio leaks of him dissing the president

President Trump kicked off his Saturday morning with yet another vengeful attack on a disloyal Republican Senator , this time taking aim at Nebraska ’ s Ben Sasse .
For once , his victim actually deserved it .
Sasse trashed Trump to his constituents in leaked recordings , complaining to them behind closed doors that the President “ kissed the butts of dictators , ” was a “ TV-obsessed narcissist ” and “ mocked evangelicals.
” While all of this might be true , we ’ ve known all that for quite a long time , and as a United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he could have actually done to express his displeasure with the President — like not voting in support of nearly his entire agenda .
Recycling his moniker for Adam Schiff , Trump mocked “ little ” Ben Sasse for being “ stupid and obnoxious ” and trashed him as a liability to the Republican Party and an “ embarrassment ” to Nebraska .
Trump ’ s rebuke of Sasse comes hot on the heels of his attack on fellow Republican Senator Susan Collins , who is desperately attempting to save her political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest Supreme Court nominee in a last-ditch appeal to independent Mainers .
Unlike Collins , however , Sasse is in little danger of losing re-election to Democratic challenger Chris Janicek .
Sasse ’ s Trump backstab highlights the craven hypocrisy of the so-called “ principled Republicans ” who claim to oppose the president but support him and his agenda with their votes .
Ben Sasse has voted with the president 86 % of the time and most recently squandered his time interviewing SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett by complaining about the Houston Astros @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needlessly drawn-out baseball metaphor .
He absolutely is an embarrassment and truly does not what it have to be great .

President Trump kicked off his Saturday morning with yet another vengeful attack on a disloyal Republican Senator, this time taking aim at Nebraska’s Ben Sasse.
For once, his victim actually deserved it. Sasse trashed Trump to his constituents in leaked recordings, complaining to them behind closed doors that the President “kissed the butts of dictators,” was a “TV-obsessed narcissist” and “mocked evangelicals.” While all of this might be true, we’ve known all that for quite a long time, and as a United States Senator, there are many things that he could have actually done to express his displeasure with the President — like not voting in support of nearly his entire agenda.
Recycling his moniker for Adam Schiff, Trump mocked “little” Ben Sasse for being “stupid and obnoxious” and trashed him as a liability to the Republican Party and an “embarrassment” to Nebraska.
…Nomination to run for a second term. Then he went back to his rather stupid and obnoxious ways. Must feel he can’t lose to a Dem. Little Ben is a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska. Other than that, he’s just a wonderful guy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2020
Trump’s rebuke of Sasse comes hot on the heels of his attack on fellow Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is desperately attempting to save her political career by voting against Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee in a last-ditch appeal to independent Mainers. Unlike Collins, however, Sasse is in little danger of losing re-election to Democratic challenger Chris Janicek.
Sasse’s Trump backstab highlights the craven hypocrisy of the so-called “principled Republicans” who claim to oppose the president but support him and his agenda with their votes. Ben Sasse has voted with the president 86% of the time and most recently squandered his time interviewing SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett by complaining about the Houston Astros cheating scandal and then embarking on a needlessly drawn-out baseball metaphor.
He absolutely is an embarrassment and truly does not what it have to be great.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-18--The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson is livid that the group he founded is playing a Trump fundraiser today

While baby boomers come in all political stripes , many of those of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s were horrified to discover that The Beach Boys — the All-American surf band that developed into a major artistic force in the development of rock music after the group ’ s creative genius Brian Wilson discovered psychedelics and went on to pen masterpieces like the Pet Sounds album , Good Vibrations , and Surf ’ s Up — were performing today at a fundraiser for Donald Trump in Newport Beach , California .
If you count yourself among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you are not alone .
Even the Beach Boys ’ primary songwriter , Brian Wilson himself , is massively upset that the group that he helped found in the early days of the 1960s with his brothers Carl and Dennis and their cousin Mike Love is now associated with the worst president in American history .
Unfortunately , for the last remaining Wilson brother still alive , there is little he can do about the association since he no longer tours with the group for whom he wrote the impeccable catalog of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rhonda to I Get Around to California Girls .
Instead , the band currently touring as The Beach Boys is led by his cousin Mike Love under a licensing arrangement and plays a feel-good greatest hits selection far removed from the creative heights that the band reached before Wilson stopped working with them due to his struggles with mental illness .
When Brian Wilson goes on the road in recent years , he prefers to perform under his own name , often accompanied by another founding member of the original band , childhood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has somehow managed to betray the promise of his last name by becoming an unashamed supporter of Donald Trump , both Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have plenty of shame to feel on his behalf .
Contractually unable to prevent Love from accepting the gig at Trump ’ s fundraiser , they did the only thing that was available to them , making sure that the world knew that they did not approve of the appearance and had no part in arranging it .
Both Wilson and Jardine have made their objections to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Beach Boys led by Love before .
Back in February , they both signed a Change.org petition urging fans to boycott the Mike Love edition of the band after they headlined a show at the Safari Club International Convention in Reno , Nevada , where noted innocent animal killer Donald Trump Jr. was the keynote speaker .
While Wilson may currently be in the same powerless position to prevent the group — one that wouldn ’ t exist today without his early songwriting skills — from aiding Donald Trump in his re-election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dismay over the hijacking of his legacy by ensuring that Joe Biden defeats him at the polls in just a few short weeks .
Now Trump ’ s defeat , that would be sure the cause of some extremely good vibrations !
Wouldn ’ t it be nice to vote Donald Trump out of office and prove to him that he just wasn ’ t made for these times ?
God only knows that would be fun , fun , fun !
so much so that all the heroes and villains will want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
Enough with the wordplay !
Get out and make Brian Wilson happy just to pay him back for all the great music he provided as the soundtrack to our lives .
Vote for Joe Biden .
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While baby boomers come in all political stripes, many of those of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s were horrified to discover that The Beach Boys — the All-American surf band that developed into a major artistic force in the development of rock music after the group’s creative genius Brian Wilson discovered psychedelics and went on to pen masterpieces like the Pet Sounds album, Good Vibrations, and Surf’s Up — were performing today at a fundraiser for Donald Trump in Newport Beach, California.
President Trump will visit Newport Beach today to raise money for his cash-strapped campaign. The event will feature a live performance by the Beach Boys and tickets start at $2,800 per person, up to $150,000 per couple for co-chair status. https://t.co/Nx3kAZe3a8 — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 18, 2020
If you count yourself among that group, don’t worry, you are not alone.
Even the Beach Boys’ primary songwriter, Brian Wilson himself, is massively upset that the group that he helped found in the early days of the 1960s with his brothers Carl and Dennis and their cousin Mike Love is now associated with the worst president in American history.
Unfortunately, for the last remaining Wilson brother still alive, there is little he can do about the association since he no longer tours with the group for whom he wrote the impeccable catalog of rock and roll standards from Help Me Rhonda to I Get Around to California Girls.
Instead, the band currently touring as The Beach Boys is led by his cousin Mike Love under a licensing arrangement and plays a feel-good greatest hits selection far removed from the creative heights that the band reached before Wilson stopped working with them due to his struggles with mental illness.
When Brian Wilson goes on the road in recent years, he prefers to perform under his own name, often accompanied by another founding member of the original band, childhood friend Al Jardine.
While Mike Love has somehow managed to betray the promise of his last name by becoming an unashamed supporter of Donald Trump, both Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have plenty of shame to feel on his behalf.
Contractually unable to prevent Love from accepting the gig at Trump’s fundraiser, they did the only thing that was available to them, making sure that the world knew that they did not approve of the appearance and had no part in arranging it.
“We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,” Wilson and Jardine told Variety magazine through a spokesperson. “We didn’t even know about it and were very surprised to read about it in the Los Angeles Times.”
Both Wilson and Jardine have made their objections to gigs accepted by the ersatz version of The Beach Boys led by Love before.
Back in February, they both signed a Change.org petition urging fans to boycott the Mike Love edition of the band after they headlined a show at the Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada, where noted innocent animal killer Donald Trump Jr. was the keynote speaker.
“This organization supports trophy hunting, which both Al and I are emphatically opposed to,” Brian Wilson said in a statement he released at the time. “There’s nothing we can do personally to stop the show, so please join us in signing the petition.”
While Wilson may currently be in the same powerless position to prevent the group — one that wouldn’t exist today without his early songwriting skills — from aiding Donald Trump in his re-election bid, we can help reflect his dismay over the hijacking of his legacy by ensuring that Joe Biden defeats him at the polls in just a few short weeks.
Now Trump’s defeat, that would be sure the cause of some extremely good vibrations!
Wouldn’t it be nice to vote Donald Trump out of office and prove to him that he just wasn’t made for these times?
God only knows that would be fun, fun, fun! so much so that all the heroes and villains will want to get together and do it again!
Enough with the wordplay! Get out and make Brian Wilson happy just to pay him back for all the great music he provided as the soundtrack to our lives. Vote for Joe Biden.
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Original reporting by Chris Willman at Variety.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-18--Trump family troubles: Don Jr. and Lara Trump implode in their Sunday AM talk show appearances

As the presidential campaign enters its final weeks , Donald Trump is enlisting his family to help try and turn around what seems to be an inevitable defeat at the hands of someone who is more capable , more intelligent , and more compassionate than himself .
Indeed those related to the president by blood or by marriage seem to be able to replicate his penchant for shameless lies and outrageous conspiracy theories easily , making them perfect surrogates to appear on news outlets with particularly low standards about what constitutes an acceptable guest opining on the matters of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediate family made the rounds of the Sunday morning talk shows today and the results were predictably embarrassing for anyone but the president ’ s most ardent supporters .
Donald Trump Jr. went to Fox News this morning to appear on Maria Bartiromo ’ s program to try to get more mileage out of the latest manufactured scandal that his father ’ s operatives have been peddling about Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter .
The appearance devolved into a parody of the scion of a third world dictator calling on government authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , real or imagined .
Junior was asked by Bartiromo what he thought his father would do if the FBI does not cooperate in the investigation of Hunter Biden or in preventing the increase in the use of the mail-in ballots that Democratic voters — more fearful of contracting COVID-19 than their Republican counterparts have been — have been turning to .
Trump Jr. ’ s response only served to provide a further reason to vote against a second term for his father , a threat to dismantle the FBI as it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s what most thinking Americans feel about most of what his father has committed during his term to date .
Junior accused the FBI of trying to “ knowingly peddle ” information about his father ’ s Russian connections , an allegation that seems awfully similar to exactly what he and his father are trying to do with the dubious information likely sourced from Russian intelligence agents supposedly concerning Hunter Biden .
If you read Don Jr. ’ s next statement , you can see how much more applicable it is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refuse to acknowledge their own corruption , ” Jr. explained .
“ And the reality is , I think , when Donald Trump wins , he has to break up the highest level of the FBI .
He has to get rid of these things .
And more importantly , maybe break up the swamp in general.
” “ That ’ s Donald Trump ’ s next move , ” he prophesied , “ if I ’ m him and if he wins , which I think he will .
Because what ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the stuff of communist China !
” Gee , didn ’ t his father say he was going to do that 4 years ago ?
Why should anyone vote for someone who doesn ’ t accomplish their goals ?
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Meanwhile over on CNN , the wife of Jr. ’ s brother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that she had no more brains or integrity than her husband while speaking with Jake Tapper on that network ’ s State of the Union .
Tapper had challenged the presidential daughter-in-law about a comment Lara Trump had made at a campaign event earlier this year where she appeared to ridicule Joe Biden for his stuttering problem .
The second son ’ s first wife tried to weasel out of responsibility for the mocking statement about her father-in-law ’ s opponent by denying knowing that Biden suffers from the verbal disability .
Instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on her search for a way out of the corner she had painted herself into .
She attributed Biden ’ s difficulty getting “ the words out ” to a general case of mental collapse .
Lara also tried to explain away Donald Trump Sr. ’ s violence-instigating attacks on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ( D ) at his Muskegon rally in the state yesterday with a comment that insulted the intelligence of CNN ’ s viewers .
You can see an excerpt from Lara Trump ’ s campaign appearance on CNN ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video clip below .
Original reporting by David Edwards at RawStory and by Joseph Choi at The Hill .
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As the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, Donald Trump is enlisting his family to help try and turn around what seems to be an inevitable defeat at the hands of someone who is more capable, more intelligent, and more compassionate than himself.
Indeed those related to the president by blood or by marriage seem to be able to replicate his penchant for shameless lies and outrageous conspiracy theories easily, making them perfect surrogates to appear on news outlets with particularly low standards about what constitutes an acceptable guest opining on the matters of the day.
Two of Trump’s immediate family made the rounds of the Sunday morning talk shows today and the results were predictably embarrassing for anyone but the president’s most ardent supporters.
Donald Trump Jr. went to Fox News this morning to appear on Maria Bartiromo’s program to try to get more mileage out of the latest manufactured scandal that his father’s operatives have been peddling about Joe Biden’s son Hunter.
The appearance devolved into a parody of the scion of a third world dictator calling on government authorities to arrest his father’s opponents, real or imagined.
Junior was asked by Bartiromo what he thought his father would do if the FBI does not cooperate in the investigation of Hunter Biden or in preventing the increase in the use of the mail-in ballots that Democratic voters — more fearful of contracting COVID-19 than their Republican counterparts have been — have been turning to.
Trump Jr.’s response only served to provide a further reason to vote against a second term for his father, a threat to dismantle the FBI as it’s presently constituted.
“We have to keep fighting,” the president’s son replied to the Fox News anchor’s query. “We’re fighting with one leg and two arms tied behind our back. You know, we don’t have the mainstream media that’s willing to at this point, not even just boost the other side, but literally run cover for what would arguably be the biggest corruption scheme in American political history. This is the stuff that makes Watergate look like kindergarten.”
Funny, that’s what most thinking Americans feel about most of what his father has accomplished committed during his term to date.
Junior accused the FBI of trying to “knowingly peddle” information about his father’s Russian connections, an allegation that seems awfully similar to exactly what he and his father are trying to do with the dubious information likely sourced from Russian intelligence agents supposedly concerning Hunter Biden.
If you read Don Jr.’s next statement, you can see how much more applicable it is to the entire Trump family.
“They refuse to acknowledge their own corruption,” Jr. explained. “And the reality is, I think, when Donald Trump wins, he has to break up the highest level of the FBI. He has to get rid of these things. And more importantly, maybe break up the swamp in general.” “That’s Donald Trump’s next move,” he prophesied, “if I’m him and if he wins, which I think he will. Because what’s going on is disgusting. This is the stuff of communist China!”
Gee, didn’t his father say he was going to do that 4 years ago? Why should anyone vote for someone who doesn’t accomplish their goals?
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Meanwhile over on CNN, the wife of Jr.’s brother Eric, Lara Trump, was proving that she had no more brains or integrity than her husband while speaking with Jake Tapper on that network’s State of the Union.
Tapper had challenged the presidential daughter-in-law about a comment Lara Trump had made at a campaign event earlier this year where she appeared to ridicule Joe Biden for his stuttering problem.
“Every time he’s on stage and they turn to him, I’m like, ‘Joe, can you get it out? Let’s get the words out, Joe,’” Lara said at the time while speaking to a crowd of Trump supporters.
The second son’s first wife tried to weasel out of responsibility for the mocking statement about her father-in-law’s opponent by denying knowing that Biden suffers from the verbal disability.
Instead, she took an even worse route on her search for a way out of the corner she had painted herself into. She attributed Biden’s difficulty getting “the words out” to a general case of mental collapse.
“I think what we see with Joe Biden, Jake, is very clearly a cognitive decline. That’s what I’m referring to. It makes me uncomfortable to watch somebody on stage search for questions and try and figure out an answer,” Lara Trump gamely attempted to make her insensitivity into an even more potent and untrue attack on Biden.
Lara also tried to explain away Donald Trump Sr.’s violence-instigating attacks on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) at his Muskegon rally in the state yesterday with a comment that insulted the intelligence of CNN’s viewers.
“He wasn’t doing anything to provoke people to threaten this woman at all,” referring to the president. “He was having fun at a Trump rally.”
You can see an excerpt from Lara Trump’s campaign appearance on CNN‘s State of the Union in the video clip below.
On #CNNSOTU, @jaketapper presses senior Trump campaign adviser @LaraLeaTrump about comments she made about Democratic nominee @JoeBiden earlier this year. https://t.co/4DTJDfDyZk — State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 18, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-18--Trump’s Sunday morning tweets inspire proposal for a new IQ test

Exclusive universities have been dropping the requirements to take standardized tests like the SATs or the ACT ’ s in their admissions evaluations , partially due to the difficulty in conducting the tests during the coronavirus pandemic , and partially due to accusations that the tests are culturally biased against the minority populations of the United States .
Here ’ s a suggestion .
Why not use an applicant ’ s reaction to Donald Trump ’ s Twitter feed to determine whether they are a suitable candidate for success in the challenging academic environments of top colleges ?
If they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feed and don ’ t immediately respond with the equivalent of “ WTF !
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, ” they are not likely to prosper in an environment that requires critical thinking and native intelligence to survive .
One could easily use examples of Trump ’ s posts from this morning in any intelligence test or IQ evaluation designed to ferret out the gullible dullards from the pool of qualified prospective students .
Take this post where the president still insists that the only reason that the United States has had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major industrialized nations — and even most of the still-developing countries as well — is because of the massive amount of testing that this country conducts .
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If you can ’ t figure out what is so deathly wrong with the president ’ s invented claims in this tweet , sorry , but you won ’ t be attending college anytime soon .
Here are some other examples that require a bit more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to come to the conclusion that we have a president now panicking about his predicted electoral loss and willing to say anything to try to salvage it .
One would have to be aware that the supposed Hunter Biden laptop comes with a questionable chain of custody and links to Russian intelligence operatives to realize that this tweet is both a massive fabrication and borderline treasonous .
At this point , polling shows that the only thing that would likely prevent Joe Biden from assuming “ the office of the President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electoral fraud campaign by Trump ’ s GOP political dirty tricks operatives .
If one presented this tweet to a prospective college applicant along with the question “ What was the biggest political scandal in American history ?
” , those destined for educational greatness would surely be able to pick “ F ) – The election of Donald Trump ” as the right answer from among the multiple choices offered .
This tweet could perhaps be the basis for an essay question like “ How far is Donald Trump willing to debase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ graces of the publisher of The New York Post , Rupert Murdoch who also controls The Wall Street Journal and Fox News and who has recently predicted that Joe Biden would beat Trump in a landslide .
Perhaps the final question on this reimagined entrance exam could be Trump ’ s last tweet of the morning so far today : “ What is wrong with the following statement ?
” The potential answers the test-taker has to choose from are : Frankly , this one is so easy that anyone who doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the above ” surely deserves to be rejected from the list of students to be admitted .
It could be that Donald Trump can make enough money from licensing his Twitter posts to the college testing companies that he will be able to finance the multiple prosecutions he will surely be the target of once his presidential immunity disappears .
For most of us , however , the only multiple-choice test we will face in the next few weeks is the one that asks us which man we want to vote for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is only one right answer to that question : D — Joe Biden .
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Exclusive universities have been dropping the requirements to take standardized tests like the SATs or the ACT’s in their admissions evaluations, partially due to the difficulty in conducting the tests during the coronavirus pandemic, and partially due to accusations that the tests are culturally biased against the minority populations of the United States.
Here’s a suggestion. Why not use an applicant’s reaction to Donald Trump’s Twitter feed to determine whether they are a suitable candidate for success in the challenging academic environments of top colleges?
If they read items on the president’s feed and don’t immediately respond with the equivalent of “WTF!!!?!?,” they are not likely to prosper in an environment that requires critical thinking and native intelligence to survive.
One could easily use examples of Trump’s posts from this morning in any intelligence test or IQ evaluation designed to ferret out the gullible dullards from the pool of qualified prospective students.
Take this post where the president still insists that the only reason that the United States has had more cases of COVID-19 than any other major industrialized nations — and even most of the still-developing countries as well — is because of the massive amount of testing that this country conducts.
The United States shows more CASES than other countries, which the Lamestream Fake News Media pounces on daily, because it TESTS at such a high (and costly) level. No country in the world tests at this level. The more you TEST, the more CASES you will be reporting. Very simple! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020
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If you can’t figure out what is so deathly wrong with the president’s invented claims in this tweet, sorry, but you won’t be attending college anytime soon.
Here are some other examples that require a bit more critical thinking and background knowledge to analyze in order to come to the conclusion that we have a president now panicking about his predicted electoral loss and willing to say anything to try to salvage it.
Hunter Biden’s laptop is a disaster for the entire Biden family, but especially for his father, Joe. It is now a proven fact, and cannot be denied, that all of that info is the REAL DEAL. That makes it impossible for “50%, or 10%” Joe, to ever assume the office of the President! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020
One would have to be aware that the supposed Hunter Biden laptop comes with a questionable chain of custody and links to Russian intelligence operatives to realize that this tweet is both a massive fabrication and borderline treasonous.
At this point, polling shows that the only thing that would likely prevent Joe Biden from assuming “the office of the President” would be a massive interference and electoral fraud campaign by Trump’s GOP political dirty tricks operatives.
Joe Biden is a corrupt politician, and everybody knows it. Now you have the proof, perhaps like never was had before on a major politician. Laptop plus. This is the second biggest political scandal in our history! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020
If one presented this tweet to a prospective college applicant along with the question “What was the biggest political scandal in American history?”, those destined for educational greatness would surely be able to pick “F) – The election of Donald Trump” as the right answer from among the multiple choices offered.
Very proud of the @nypost, my former “hometown newspaper”. They have said and shown what everyone knows about Sleepy Joe Biden. He is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020
This tweet could perhaps be the basis for an essay question like “How far is Donald Trump willing to debase himself to get back in the good graces of the publisher of The New York Post, Rupert Murdoch who also controls The Wall Street Journal and Fox News and who has recently predicted that Joe Biden would beat Trump in a landslide.
Perhaps the final question on this reimagined entrance exam could be Trump’s last tweet of the morning so far today: “What is wrong with the following statement?”
Not my Wall, which will soon be finished (and Mexico will pay for the Wall!). Totally unrelated, but I think Steve will be just fine. By the way, is this the same job hopping Tim O’Brien that headed Mini Mike Bloomberg’s humiliating 2 Billion Dollar Presidential run? Debate prep! https://t.co/cQfEtszRrB — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020
The potential answers the test-taker has to choose from are:
A) “The Wall” won’t be finished anytime soon, since only five miles of new wall have built in the past threee and a half years of Trump’s term. B) Mexico is definitely NOT paying for the wall. C) Trump is running agianst Joe Biden, not Mike Bloomberg. D) All of the above.
Frankly, this one is so easy that anyone who doesn’t pick “D) – All of the above” surely deserves to be rejected from the list of students to be admitted.
It could be that Donald Trump can make enough money from licensing his Twitter posts to the college testing companies that he will be able to finance the multiple prosecutions he will surely be the target of once his presidential immunity disappears.
For most of us, however, the only multiple-choice test we will face in the next few weeks is the one that asks us which man we want to vote for to be our next president.
There is only one right answer to that question: D — Joe Biden.
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occupydemocrats--2020-10-18--Michigan Gov. slams Trump for inciting “domestic terrorism” a day after he leads “Lock her up” chant

It was like daylight savings time .
Just as one day it ’ s suddenly dark an hour earlier , America woke up one day back in 2016 and suddenly realized that the country had split into two parts living in two completely separate parallel universes .
What you heard and what you believed depended almost entirely on what your news sources were with little commonality in the diametrically opposed world views that the news outlets subscribed to .
All this might have been fine if the people on the other side of the divide in these parallel universes had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but , unfortunately , here they remain reminding us daily of the great divide .
Thus , we find ourselves today with two polar opposite responses to Donald Trump ’ s remarks at his Michigan rally yesterday where he attacked that state ’ s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer — the recent target of a kidnapping and murder attempt by right-wing extremist terrorists masquerading as a patriotic “ militia ” that was foiled at the last minute by the FBI .
Trump ignored any lessons that any intelligent person would learn after contracting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the health regulations put in place to fight the pandemic and led the crowd in chants of “ Lock her up !
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Those of us still living in the universe that existed before Trump took office and enabled the divided realities , naturally recoiled at the festival of hatred and stupidity that the president presided over at his Michigan rally , an event he duplicated later Saturday evening in another battleground state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vitriol conducted by the president responded as any rational pre-Trumpian individual would be expected to : by accusing Donald Trump of trying to again incite the type of domestic terrorism that emboldened the plot against her by his armed admirers .
“ It ’ s incredibly disturbing that the president of the United States , 10 days after a plot to kidnap , put me on trial , and execute me … is at it again … inciting this kind of domestic terrorism , ” Governor Whitmer said this morning on NBC ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is dangerous , not just for me and my family , but for public servants everywhere who are doing their jobs and trying to protect their fellow Americans .
People of good will on both sides of the aisle need to step up and call this out and bring the heat down , ” she continued .
“ This is the United States of America .
We do not tolerate actions like he is giving comfort to .
And that ’ s why we all have to be in this together.
” Whitmer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state ’ s pandemic regulations since the state hasn ’ t been under a stay-at-home order in months , likely one of the reasons that the has seen a 44 % increase in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks as the pandemic surges in areas where social distancing and face mask use haven ’ t been universally practiced , primarily among those who live in the same fact and science-challenged alternative universe that the president dwells within .
The Democratic governor accused Trump of encouraging violence at least in part to distract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s coordination of the response to the pandemic has been .
Whitmer knows that in her reality the only way to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the conditions of Americans suffering from its consequences is to initiate a total change in leadership at the federal level .
You see , in the universe that Governor Whitmer , Joe Biden , Kamal Harris , and the majority of U.S. citizens reside in , it is Donald Trump who is the one who deserves to be met with chants of “ Lock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope that by the time Daylight saving time takes effect this year , just two days before election day , the parallel universes can be reunited with a turn back of the clocks to a time before Donald Trump hijacked America ’ s political process and its zeitgeist .
Going back four years is preferable to the centuries of regression that will occur if Donald Trump wins a second term .
Vote for Biden to go back to the future .
Original reporting by Zack Budryk at The Hill .
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It was like daylight savings time.
Just as one day it’s suddenly dark an hour earlier, America woke up one day back in 2016 and suddenly realized that the country had split into two parts living in two completely separate parallel universes.
What you heard and what you believed depended almost entirely on what your news sources were with little commonality in the diametrically opposed world views that the news outlets subscribed to.
All this might have been fine if the people on the other side of the divide in these parallel universes had physically relocated to another plane of being, but, unfortunately, here they remain reminding us daily of the great divide.
Thus, we find ourselves today with two polar opposite responses to Donald Trump’s remarks at his Michigan rally yesterday where he attacked that state’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer — the recent target of a kidnapping and murder attempt by right-wing extremist terrorists masquerading as a patriotic “militia” that was foiled at the last minute by the FBI.
Trump ignored any lessons that any intelligent person would learn after contracting COVID-19 to demand that Governor Whitmer rescind the health regulations put in place to fight the pandemic and led the crowd in chants of “Lock her up!”
The President mentions the Governor of Michigan, the crowd chants lock her up, and the President says lock them all up pic.twitter.com/9wuB7blnoP — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 17, 2020
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Those of us still living in the universe that existed before Trump took office and enabled the divided realities, naturally recoiled at the festival of hatred and stupidity that the president presided over at his Michigan rally, an event he duplicated later Saturday evening in another battleground state, Wisconsin.
The target of the vitriol conducted by the president responded as any rational pre-Trumpian individual would be expected to: by accusing Donald Trump of trying to again incite the type of domestic terrorism that emboldened the plot against her by his armed admirers.
“It’s incredibly disturbing that the president of the United States, 10 days after a plot to kidnap, put me on trial, and execute me … is at it again … inciting this kind of domestic terrorism,” Governor Whitmer said this morning on NBC’s Face the Nation. “It is dangerous, not just for me and my family, but for public servants everywhere who are doing their jobs and trying to protect their fellow Americans. People of good will on both sides of the aisle need to step up and call this out and bring the heat down,” she continued. “This is the United States of America. We do not tolerate actions like he is giving comfort to. And that’s why we all have to be in this together.”
Whitmer was puzzled by the anger at her state’s pandemic regulations since the state hasn’t been under a stay-at-home order in months, likely one of the reasons that the has seen a 44% increase in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks as the pandemic surges in areas where social distancing and face mask use haven’t been universally practiced, primarily among those who live in the same fact and science-challenged alternative universe that the president dwells within.
The Democratic governor accused Trump of encouraging violence at least in part to distract from the colossal failure that the federal government’s coordination of the response to the pandemic has been.
“The Trump virus response is the worst in the globe. I mean, in the world, it’s the worst. Eight million people have been, have contracted COVID-19, 220,000 dead. We’ve got people in food pantry lines who never would have imagined that they’d be there. And no light on the horizon because our numbers keep going up,” Governor Whitmer said.
Whitmer knows that in her reality the only way to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the conditions of Americans suffering from its consequences is to initiate a total change in leadership at the federal level.
“If you’re tired of lockdowns or you’re tired of wearing masks or you wish you were in church this morning or watching college football or your kids were in-person instruction, it is time for a change in this country, and that’s why we’ve got to elect Joe Biden,” the governor declared.
EARLIER: @GovWhitmer says “if you’re tired of lockdowns or you’re tired of wearing masks or you wish you were in church this morning … it is time for change in this country.” #MTP Whitmer: The “Trump virus response is the worst … in the world." pic.twitter.com/8pCmRXU0Pn — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) October 18, 2020
You see, in the universe that Governor Whitmer, Joe Biden, Kamal Harris, and the majority of U.S. citizens reside in, it is Donald Trump who is the one who deserves to be met with chants of “Lock him up!”
Let’s hope that by the time Daylight saving time takes effect this year, just two days before election day, the parallel universes can be reunited with a turn back of the clocks to a time before Donald Trump hijacked America’s political process and its zeitgeist.
Going back four years is preferable to the centuries of regression that will occur if Donald Trump wins a second term.
Vote for Biden to go back to the future.
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