The start of his public lashing out events
Trump is doing a Revenge Rally. How adult.
Several hundred supporters of former President Donald Trump lined up for a rally on Saturday in Ohio, his first since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, as he aims to bolster allies, berate his enemies and cement his influence over the Republican Party.
Several hundred, eh. There’s glory for you.
It also marks the start of his public events lashing out at elected Republicans who he views as having crossed him. He will campaign for former White House aide Max Miller, who has launched a primary challenge against Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters that left five dead including a Capitol Police officer.
Trump has vowed to campaign against all 10. He has also endorsed a challenger to Senator Lisa Murkowski, the only one of the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict him in his January impeachment trial who is up for re-election in 2022.
The guy missed his calling. He would have enjoyed his life a lot more as a Mafia boss.
The guy missed his calling. He would have enjoyed his life a lot more as a Mafia boss.
Wait, he’s not a Mafia boss?
I hope he sees smaller and smaller turnouts for these things, eventually filling in between sets of Murph and the Murphtones in the lounge at the Holiday Inn.
Nick Cohen on the Tumpists of Britain:
For ‘Britain’, read ‘America.’ Trump told his followers that he could “make America great again”, which would mean he would make them great also, as America included them. That was Trump’s fantasy, and enough people bought it to make him POTUS, which he kind of liked. Only one thing could explain its collapse: CONSPIRACY..!!!!!!!!! That was grounds for REVENGE…!!!!! Like a pantomime villain, Trump persuaded the most gullible of his followers to march on the Capitol where such REVENGE would be theirs, they would get on the TV news on every channel and have a minor share in his inevitable glory. His Kingdom would come again.
In my preferred version of this, there is a cell in some hoosegow in Florida labelled ‘Trump’s Kingdom’. It awaits developments.
Nick Cohen at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/26/our-politics-of-nostalgia-is-a-sure-sign-of-present-day-decay
My brain runs dissociated press
Well, other than being medium-sized. We are third in population and fourth in land area, so we would actually count as large in both. And I suspect the US ego ranks first in the world, but it hasn’t always. I think there might have been a time that honor went to Britain.
Steven #5
My immediate thought also.