Donald Trump boasted about rally's "massive lines" while fans collapsed in scorching heat

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On the other end of the temperature spectrum (from October 2020):

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No sympathy.

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“stupid is as stupid does”.

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It’s just starting to get really hot here in Arizona, so we’re not acclimated to it yet. A day in the sun is really draining. I hope they got what they wanted from this experience.

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I hope they got a much-needed lesson about endangering themselves for the sake of a cult.

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From the photos they’re all elderly. I guess he decided his COVID ineptitude didn’t take enough of them out.

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Just another killer performance by the Screaming Cheeto.

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They probably had a ring of vents around his podium, flooding him with a fountain of cold air.

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What good is being an autocrat and cult leader if you can’t show complete and open contempt for your moron followers?

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One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

-Jean Giraudoux

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And, one hopes for von Clownstick…

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending. – Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicker)

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It’s like there is some sort of quest list he’s working on.

  • Collect 10 souls who die of heat stroke.
  • Commit 30 felonies.
  • Lie 100 times in a day.
  • Abscond with 300 classified documents.
  • Botch public health plague response and collect 100,000 souls.
  • Con 10 million suckers out of their life savings.
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“Hey, at least its a dry heat.”

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It’s not the heat, it’s the humanity.

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So this church he spoke at-- was it renting space to the campaign or was it a donation to the campaign? Does it count as rent if the campaign never actually pays it?

Is this church paying taxes?

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No, but they got $1 million in school vouchers.

Perfect location for a grifter.

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