Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/24/democrats-using-covid-to-st.html
“If you want to really drive them crazy, you say 12 more years.” — Trump
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I think it’s cute 45 assumes that in 12 years, he’ll still be alive let alone cognizant.
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Republicans literally just outsourced the process of selecting judges to the Federalist Society years ago.
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Does he really think he’s gonna live 12 more years? I give him 2 years tops before he dies of a massive stroke while rage-tweeting on the toilet while shitting out last night’s double cheeseburgers and fries.
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I’ve been longing to read that headline for the last 4 years.
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“If you really wanna get the Democrats mad, then just talk about how you want to destroy american democracy and break the law.”
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On October 28th (the Wednesday before the election), I’ll start chanting, “12 more weeks!” Let the countdown continue… 
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Ugh, 54 minutes of drivel from a clearly insane man? I’d rather read John Galt’s 60-page speech in Atlas Shrugged. Both are equally incoherent but at least John Galt had a (slightly) better writer.
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Glorious Wall of Word Salad for your convenience:
IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY “12 MORE YEARS.” [APPLAUSE] WE CAUGHT THEM DOING SOME REALLY BAD THINGS IN 2016. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE CAUGHT THEM DOING SOME REALLY BAD THINGS. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING IT AGAIN WITH THIS WHOLE 80 MILLION MAIL-IN BALLOTS THEY ARE WORKING ON. SENDING THEM OUT TO PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T ASK FOR THEM. THEY JUST GET THEM. AND IT IS NOT FAIR. IT IS NOT RIGHT. AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO TABULATE, IN MY OPINION. IT’S JUST MY OPINION. WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH, EVERYONE OF YOU, YOU HAVE TO WATCH BECAUSE BAD THINGS HAPPENED LAST TIME WITH THE SPYING ON OUR CAMPAIGN. THAT GOES TO BIDEN AND IT GOES TO OBAMA. WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. THIS TIME, THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IT WITH THE WHOLE POST OFFICE SCAM. DON’T BLAME IT ON THE POST OFFICE. YOU CAN SEE THEM SETTING IT UP. BE VERY CAREFUL AND WATCH IT CAREFULLY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WIN. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS THE MOST – HE [APPLAUSE] FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, I WOULD SAY 2016, HOW SPECIAL WAS THAT EVENING? ? WASN’T THAT GREAT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT EVENINGS. BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. WE HAVE TO WIN. OUR COUNTRY IS COUNTING ON IT. THIS IS THE BIGGEST. THIS IS IT. OUR COUNTRY CAN GO AND A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DIRECTION OR IN AN EVEN GREATER DIRECTION. BEFORE THE PLAGUE CAME IN FROM CHINA, THAT IS WHERE WE WERE GOING. WE WERE GOING IN A DIRECTION LIKE WE HAD NEVER SEEN. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE BEST UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN HISTORY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC AMERICAN, WOMEN, COLLEGE STUDENTS, THAT STUDENTS, GOOD STUDENTS, EVERYBODY. IF YOU HAD A DIPLOMA, IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE A DIPLOMA, IT DIDN’T MATTER, YOU WERE DOING WELL. EVERYBODY WAS DOING WELL. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY COMING TOGETHER. SUCCESS BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. MAY BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SUCCESS BRINGS PEOPLE – SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE SAY, WE WERE DIVIDED. WE WERE VERY DIVIDED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW DIVIDED. THEY DIDN’T TALK ABOUT IT AS MUCH. THEY DIDN’T SAY IT AS MUCH. . BUT WE WERE REALLY COMING TOGETHER. AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE DEMOCRATS ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAUSE THE SUCCESS, THE MARKETS WERE AT A ALL-TIME HIGH, AND BY THE WAY, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE MARKETS. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR 401(K)S WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO EVERY HOUR. [LAUGHTER] TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR STOCKS. WE ARE CLOSING TO BREAK THE – BREAKING THE RECORD. THAT STACK HAS ALREADY DONE IT. NASDAQ HAS BROKEN THE RECORD I THINK 16 TIMES ALREADY. [APPLAUSE] DURING A PANDEMIC. HOPEFULLY WE WILL PULL THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC. BIDEN THE OTHER DAY SAID HE WOULD SHUT IT DOWN. HE LISTENED TO SOME GUYS SAY THAT HE WOULD SHUT IT DOWN. WE JUST BROKE A RECORD ON JOBS. AN ALL-TIME RECORD. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN THREE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE PUT MORE PEOPLE TO WORK, OVER 9 MILLION PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO BREAK THE ALL-TIME STOCK MARKET RECORD. YOU LOOK AT IT. CROWD [CHEERING] WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO DO IT AGAIN. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO FOLLOW. VERY SMART OF WALL STREET. EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE THERE. THE ECONOMY IS COMING UP RAPIDLY. OUR FARMERS ARE DOING WELL. OUR FARMERS ARE DOING WELL BECAUSE I GOT CHINA TO GIVE THEM $28 MILLION BECAUSE THEY WERE TARGETED BY CHINA. I GOT THE FARMERS $28 MILLION. CROWD [CHEERING] THAT’S WHY. IN SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND OUR FARMERS DID A GREAT JOB IN SUPPLYING THE FOOD AND ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. BUT WE ARE GETTING READY TO DO THINGS LIKE NO ONE HAS SEEN IT BEFORE. . THE BEST WAY TO BRING UNITY IS SUCCESS. SUCCESS BRINGS UNITY. AND WE WERE THERE. THEN WE GOT HIT WITH THE PLAGUE. BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET THAT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I FELT AN OBLIGATION TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO IS IN A TOTAL SHUTDOWN MODE. I GUARANTEE ON NOVEMBER 4, IT WILL ALL OPEN UP. IT WILL BE PROUD. ON NOVEMBER 4, THESE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS, THEY LEFT SHUT DOWN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE OUR NUMBERS LOOK AS BAD AS POSSIBLE FOR THE ECONOMY. OUR NUMBERS ARE LOOKING SO GOOD. I USED TO SAY AV. PEOPLE WOULD SAY MAYBE NOT, I DON’T THINK SO. SOME WOULD SAY NO WAY. WE HAVE A SUPER V, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT IS NOW LOOKING LIKE IT IS A SUPER V. OUR AUTOMOBILE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE. BOTH USED CARS AND BRAND-NEW CARS. OUR MANUFACTURING NUMBER IS INCREDIBLE. WE ARE PUTTING MANUFACTURING JOBS TO WORK THAT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION SAID HE WOULD NEED A MAGIC WAND. YOU NEED A MAGIC WAND FOR MANUFACTURING JOBS. I DON’T THINK SO. . I GUESS WE HAD THE MAGIC WAND. BUT WE ARE PUTTING THEM BACK. WE ARE BRINGING THEM BACK. THINK OF YOUR LIFE PRIOR TO THE PLAGUE COMING IN. IT WAS THE BEST IT HAS EVER BEEN. YOUR STATE HAVE THE BEST NUMBERS THEY’VE EVER HAD. BY FAR. WE HAVE THE BEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ALSO. WE WERE UP TO 160 MILLION JOBS. WE WERE NEVER ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. THEN WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN. WE SAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF LIVES. WE LEARNED THE ENEMY, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, HOW IT AFFECTS REALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER, ESPECIALLY OLDER PEOPLE. THE ELDERLY. BUT OLDER PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS WITH DIABETES, WITH OTHER PROBLEMS. AND WE LEARNED. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS RIGHT NOW DOING VERY, VERY WELL. THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. TO HAVE A MAN SITTING ON TELEVISION THE OTHER DAY SAY, I WOULD SHUT IT DOWN, LIKE IT IS EASY, SHUT IT DOWN. WHEN YOU SHUT IT DOWN, AND WE DID THE RIGHT THING, WE SHUT IT DOWN, AND THEN WE REOPENED. WE ARE WELL INTO IT. [CROWD CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] IF WE DIDN’T SHUT IT DOWN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD HAVE HAD MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DEAD. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DEAD. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS. THE JOB THAT MIKE PENCE AND THE TASK FORCE AND ALL OF US TOGETHER HAVE DONE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED. WHETHER IT IS VENTILATORS, WHETHER IT IS SUPPLYING EQUIPMENT TO GOVERNORS THAT WERE TOTALLY ILL-PREPARED. MANY OF THE GOVERNORS WERE TOTALLY ILL-PREPARED. NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT. BUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK THAT WAY. IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK THAT WAY. THE GOVERNORS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IT. AND MANY OF THEM DID A FINE JOB. AND MANY OF THEM CAME BACK WELL. BUT MOST OF THEM DIDN’T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD. IF YOU HAVE THEM HAD THE VENTILATORS WHICH ARE VERY, VERY COMPLEX MACHINES AND HARD TO MAKE AND HARD TO MANUFACTURE AND EXPENSIVE. AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW MAKING THOUSANDS OF VENTILATORS A MONTH AND WE ARE SENDING THEM – WE HAVE ALL WE CAN USE. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, EVERY STATE, WE ARE STOCKED. I ALWAYS SAY, AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PERSON THAT NEEDED A VENTILATOR BUT DIDN’T GET A VENTILATOR. . EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS EVER NEEDED A VENTILATOR, WITH ALL YOU HAVE HEARD WITH HOW MUCH – THEY SAID THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE IT. AGAIN, I TOOK OVER A COUNTRY WHOSE MILITARY WAS DEPLETED AND WHOSE COVERED ON THIS FRONT WERE BARE. THE CUPBOARDS WERE BARE. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING. WE DIDN’T HAVE A THING. WE HAD VERY, VERY LITTLE. AND WE DID A GREAT JOB. WE HAVEN’T BEEN GIVEN – AND IT IS NOT FOR ME, IT IS FOR THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, THE GENERALS, ADMIRALS, THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, AND YET YOU SAW YESTERDAY CONVALESCENT PLASMA, USE OUR REMDESIVIR, YOU WILL SOON SEEN VACCINES POURING OUT. YEARS AHEAD OF WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER A MORE TRADITIONAL, LET’S USE THAT TERM BECAUSE IT IS NICER, A MORE TRADITIONAL ADMINISTRATION WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN YEARS TO COME UP WITH THIS STUFF. WE ARE COMING UP WITH IT LIKE NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. THE FDA, DR. HANA, I WANT TO THANK THEM, ALEX AZAR, I WANT TO THANK HIM. THEY HAVE, WITH THINGS AND DONE THINGS BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF SPEED. AND FRANKLY, IN TERMS OF QUALITY. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE ARE COMING UP WITH, DRUG COMPANIES ARE COMING OUT WITH VACCINES – I HAVE SEEN SOME RESULTS ALREADY. IT IS GOOD TO BE VERY, VERY SOON. THEY ARE IN STAGE THREE TRIALS. IT’S UNHEARD OF. WE WOULD NOT BE THERE FOR TWO YEARS IF THIS WERE A MORE NORMAL SITUATION. [APPLAUSE] SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. AGAIN, I FELT AN OBLIGATION TO COME TO NORTH CAROLINA. IT HAS BEEN A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME. WE WON A LOT OF BIG – I HAVEN’T BEEN DOING THIS THAT LONG, BUT I WANTED EVERY CHANCE I HAD IN NORTH CAROLINA. I EVEN STOLE A GREAT CHIEF OF STAFF, MARK MEADOWS. CROWD [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] AND HE LEFT CONGRESS AS A POPULAR GUY. COULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN GOING TO TAKE HIS PLACE. HE IS A FANTASTIC YOUNG GUY. AND HE IS GOING TO BE A REAL STAR IN THE PARTY. HE IS GOING TO BE A REAL STAR IN THE PARTY. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FROM NORTH CAROLINA. AND I DO WANT TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE ANOTHER STATE THAT HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME IS WISCONSIN. CROWD [CHEERING] AND JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO HAVE THEIR CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. AND THEY DIDN’T GO THERE AT ALL. THEY DIDN’T DO THIS. WE DID THIS OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR STATE. WE DIDN’T DO THIS FOR ANY OTHER REASON THEN RESPECT FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. BECAUSE WE SAID WE WANTED TO HOLD OUR CONVENTION IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT ON NOVEMBER 3. WE WANTED TO HOLD OUR CONVENTION IN NORTH CAROLINA. [APPLAUSE] SO I DID THAT OUT OF RESPECT. AND IF YOU HAD A GOVERNOR THAT WOULD HAVE LED US – LEFT AS HAVE SOME PEOPLE, HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME THIS, WE HAD AN ARENA THAT HOLDS 19,000 PEOPLE, IT WAS JAM SOLD OUT, EVERY HOTEL WAS FOR. I CALLED HIM, HE SAID, WE HAVE A SHUTDOWN GOING ON. AND ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND REGULATION, NOW THIS IS 19,000, HE DID SAY IT, I DON’T THINK HE WILL DENY IT. BUT HE SAID ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE MOST PEOPLE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE IN THAT ROOM, MEANING THAT ARENA, HE VIEWED IT AS A ROOM, IS 10 PEOPLE. SO I SAY GOVERNOR, I MET 19,000, YOU ARE AT 10. CAN WE WORK SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE? IT DIDN’T SOUND TOO GOOD. WE REALLY HAD NO CHOICE. IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING. I FELT SO BADLY. ECONOMIC DEVELOP IN MONEY, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. WE DECIDED, I WAS WITH RHONDA, THE VICE PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY, MARK, AND WE SAID LET’S HAVE OUR BIG DEAL, THE ROLL CALL, LET’S HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, AND LET’S DO IT. AND I’M GOING TO SHOW UP AND NOT TELL ANYBODY UNTIL A FEW MINUTES AGO, NOBODY KNEW I WAS COMING. NOBODY KNEW IT WAS COMING. CROWD [CHEERING] BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT ON THE ROLLCALL? YOU ARE THE ONES CALLING IT. WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE ARE GOING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS. I’M GOING TO GO OVER IT BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE WILL MAKE A SPEECH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. I HOPE YOU ALL WILL BE LISTENING. CROWD [CHEERING] BECAUSE I CAME IN AND I’M ON AIR FORCE ONE, AND AIR FORCE ONE HAS MORE TELEVISIONS THAN ANY PLANE IN HISTORY. THEY’VE GOT THEM IN CLOSETS, ON CEILINGS, FLOORS. THEY’VE GOT MORE – YOU CAN’T ESCAPE A TELEVISION. I TURNED TO CNN AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE THIS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THEY DIDN’T HAVE IT. NO, NO, CNN DIDN’T HAVE OUR ROLLCALL. AND I TURNED TO MS A D&C, AS I CALL HER. [LAUGHTER] MSDNC. IT IS A BRANCH OF THE DEMOCRATS. I WOULD NOT SAY FULLY OWNED CORPORATION, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A FULLY CONTROLLED. OR THEY CONTROL THEM. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHO IS CONTROLLING WHO. BUT THEY HAD IT ON TELEVISION. I REMEMBER WATCHING IT. AND IT WAS INTERESTING. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT STATES, WE SAY THIS, WE SAY THAT. THE GREAT STATE OF ALASKA, THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA, THE GREAT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, A GREAT STATE OF ALL OF THEM. AND IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING TO ME. THEY HAVE THEIRS ON. BUT THEY DIDN’T SHOW IT. INSTEAD THEY ARE SHOWING THE SCAM BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW THE POST OFFICE, SO THAT WHEN THEIR WHOLE MAIL IN THING FIZZLES, THEY WILL TRY BLAMING IT ON THE POST OFFICE. THEY ARE SHOWING THESE HEARINGS THAT ARE VERY BORING, ACTUALLY. AND THEY ARE NOT SHOWING THIS. THEY WERE NOT SHOWING THIS. AND FOX SAID IT, UNFORTUNATELY FOX WAS NOT SHOWING IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ANNOUNCERS TALKING, TALKING, TALKING. I SET I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE DELEGATES ARE SAYING. SO I THINK WE HAD TO SWITCH OVER TO C-SPAN OR OAN, OR SOMEBODY. I WANTED TO HEAR THEM. [APPLAUSE] BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU A FEW THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING THE WORD GOD OUT OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CROWD [CHEERING] LIKE THEY DID A NUMBER OF TIMES AT THEIR CAUCUSES. . THEY TOOK THE WORD GOD OUT. I HEARD IT. I WAS LISTENING. I SAID, THAT’S STRANGE. SORT OF WEIRD. YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL YOUR LIFE. “UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD.” THOSE TWO WORDS ARE MISSING. I SAID, OH, HE MUST HAVE MADE A MISTAKE. HE MUST – MAYBE THE TELEPROMPTER WASN’T WORKING, OR HIS BOOK WASN’T WORKING, THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE. SOMETHING WASN’T WORKING. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS, THE NEXT DAY I HEARD IT AGAIN. I SAID, THAT’S NOT A MISTAKE. THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO, OH NO, WE DIDN’T MEAN THAT. WE DIDN’T SAY IT FOR THE CONVENTION. NO, THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. YOU CAN SAY IT OR NOT SAY IT. THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. JUST LIKE WITH ENERGY, THEY DON’T WANT ENERGY. NOT WORKING WELL IN TEXAS BY THE WAY. JUST LOOKED AT A POLE. BY THE WAY, JUST CAME OUT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED 51% IN THE BIG AND VERY IMPORTANT – MY NUMBERS WENT UP DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. [APPLAUSE] 51%. CHANTING “FOUR [MORE YEARS!”]
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If you transcribed all that yourself, you deserve a medal, Purple Heart at the least.
Of course, if you’d forced me to actually read it all, I think that merits a sock in the jaw.
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If I could rip it in half, I would.
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If there ever was a wall that would compel immigrants to give up and go back to where they came from, this would probably do it.
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Dude… credit where credit is due, but it takes me 4 rotations of scrolling to get to the end of the comment.
Holy fucksocks, that’s a metric fuckton of meandering, nonsensical word-salad… and I only briefly skimmed that ish.
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That audience’s version? God, I hope so.
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The Republican National Convention, where just reporting the results of the fact checking takes longer than the event itself. I’m not even sure that’s a joke - the torrential rate of lies, and time required to explain the lies, suggests the two would, at best, be about the same length.
I try to imagine what he’ll be like, cognitively, in just three or four more years. I think the last few years accelerated his cognitive decline, though it’s hard to tell.
And just imagine, Trump’s going to be speaking every day of the convention! (/laughs increasingly hysterically)
It strikes me that “word salad” doesn’t do justice to what rancid nonsense it all is. “Word compost,” maybe…
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Just cause my President tweets that way doesn’t mean you have to post that way. I’d love to read it but I can’t.
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The Trump Platform.
Racism. Racism, Racism.
4 More Years, 4 More Years, 4 More Years!
Rewrite history and Make America White Again!
Do what I say not what I do.
Racism, Racism, Racism.
Trump 2020!
So the same as 2016 with slightly less misogyny.
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If that happens, Mr. Trump said, “Your American dream will be dead.”
Whereas if Trump wins, you’ll be dead.
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