Shamelessness on full display
Now for Aaron Rupar’s report on the Cincinnati fascist rally:
Trump made it more clear than ever before that he conceives of himself as the president of the states that voted for him, and little more. At various points during his speech in Cincinnati, he ridiculed living conditions and violent crime in blue “inner cities” like Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Arguably the lowest point in Trump’s speech came when he escalated his one-sided feud with elected officials representing one of America’s blackest cities by turning victims of gun violence in Baltimore into a political cudgel to wield against Democrats. The spectacle of the American president trying to score partisan points on violent crime in an American city was a highly unusual one and left Baltimore residents gobsmacked.
It’s unusual for a non-fascist state, but it’s right out of the Nazi playbook.
Trump has made demeaning Democrats and the cities they represent a key feature of his stump speeches. That shamelessness was on full display at another point when his speech was interrupted by protesters holding a banner that read, “immigrants built America,” right after Trump started to talk about how many people were murdered in Chicago last year.
While the protesters were being forced out of the arena, Trump could be heard on a hot mic asking people in the crowd if the mayor of Cincinnati is a Democrat. After they confirmed that he is, Trump said to his audience, “you must have a Democrat mayor!” — as though the disruption wouldn’t have happened if the city was governed by a Republican.
This will all definitely end well.
Maybe if we didn’t spend so much time focusing on the minority of citizens that live in rural midwestern areas, we could spend some time taking care of cities. Maybe if presidential candidates stopped saying “I’m from the midwest” and started proposing plans that would help the cities.
Oh, wait, the electoral college will not tolerate focus on the majority, only on the agrarian states.
I’m really starting to favor razing rural areas to the ground.
They steal the fruits of urban labor and are home to the worst people. They’re useless.
And the award for most hyperbolic, idiotic statement of the day goes to you, sir. Congratulations. You even beat Trump.
It’s an emotional, hateful statement driven by frustration and despair. Try working in a plant full of the monsters (including a shit ton of Oathkeepers/III%ers/etc) ramping up your generalized anxiety disorder up 300% six days a week and see how you feel…
I’m sorry that you must labor under those kinds of conditions, Blood Knight. I could have been more diplomatic in my response. I’m just frustrated, myself, by disdain heaped upon rural people, not all of whom think like that. They’re not useless. Even your metaphor reveals that, in the sense that it’s those rural people who provide the urban people with the literal fruits of the fields. Anyway, an anxiety-free weekend to you.
Some people holding a banner in a crowded arena are able to “interrupt” a speech given by someone with a stage, and a podium, and a PA system? Must have been some banner. Did it cause some kind of electrical fault, or make the stage collapse, or ignite Trump’s hair? (Please)