This is probably an attempt at making Democrat town halls become as chaotic as Republican town halls, so when the press reports another incident at a GOP event, they can write it off as “no big deal” and blunt the effectiveness of protesting at town halls.

There have been times I’ve seen the title of the original article changed after the article had already been submitted. Was very common on Reddit.

But you know why I blame the “progressive” Democrats and “independents” more?

Everybody knew that the MAGA crowd was going to MAGA.
Everybody knew that the strategists were going to stick to the same old playbook.

And you know what else everybody knew?

Everybody knew that in this election, not voting for Harris was a de-facto vote for Trump. Everybody knew that whatever your position was on any given topic, Trump’s position was an exponentially worse option.
Everybody knew that even under the best of circumstances, this was going to come down to the wire.

These people knew it. They knew how important their vote was, and they stayed home anyway. And they still infect this very community with their constant excuses for blaming everybody else for their own choices because Kamala Harris wasn’t the perfect candidate.

“She wasn’t a supporter of Gaza.” First, let’s remember the fact that the Jewish voters in this country exponentially outnumber Palestinians multiple times over, and if she had spoke out against Israel and it cost her even 10% of the Jewish vote, she’d still have lost even more votes than she would have gained from Gaza supporters. And second, if the people of Gaza are supposed to be your primary concern, how is allowing a man who was openly campaigning on amping up the genocide, annexing the land, and turning it into beachfront property any better for them? Or the university students in this country who are now being deported for supporting them?

“She campaigned with Liz Cheney one time.” So fucking what? Liz Cheney wasn’t running for re-election. None of Liz Cheney’s policies were on any ballots. This was a woman who, much as I disagree with her on 99.99999999% of policy issues, still sacrificed her career to try to hold Trump to account. Conveniently, of all the dozens of Republicans who endorsed and even campaigned with Harris, she is the one everybody gets all up in arms about. Gee, I wonder what separates her from all of the Republican guys that also endorsed Harris? And even without that…everybody gets mad because Harris campaigned with someone who formerly supported Trump. But how in the name of holy fuck does it make sense to retaliate by allowing Trump to return to power? “I’m so fucking mad that a former Trump supporter endorsed her that I’m going to let Trump return to power! That’ll show 'em!”.

“She wasn’t far enough to the left on <whatever issue>”. Ok. Again, so fucking what? How does allowing our government to be controlled by a far-right trifecta that is campaigning on dismantling the very progressive programs you’re supposed to support help that in any way, shape, or form?

The lot of them decided that the remedy to not shooting themselves in the foot was to point the gun at their own head instead.

And I’ve said it before and I still believe it: The people who fall into this category I believe are closeted racists who either low-key support Trump’s immigration policies, didn’t want to vote for a black woman, or both, and are just using one of the above flimsy arguments to justify their choice rather than admit it.

You proud now MAGAts? Does this make you proud?

Yes. Yes it does. And there are plenty of them who want more of this.

And I don’t even blame the MAGA morons any more. I blame the “progressive” Democrats and so-called “independents” who decided to stay home in November and allow Trump to return to power because Kamala Harris had the audacity to commit sins like running for President while being a black woman, campaigning with Liz Cheney that one time, and not being left enough for their liking, so obviously the only reasonable thing to do was to let Trump return to power.

How’s that working out for y’all, you fucking chodes?

That’s tucked away with annexing Panama, Canada and Greenland in Trump’s “Stuff to bring up when I need a distraction” category.

And keep up with the times. Those were so 3 years ago. So passe. Hating on trans kids and slapping tariffs on penguins is all the rage now.

Because that has mattered so much to this administration and those sitting on the SCOTUS bench.

What do you mean “turning”? Trump openly stated that the DOJ was his own personal law firm multiple times during his first term, and Bondi has been openly proclaiming the same thing since day one of his second. It’s not like they’re even trying to hide it.

What’s scary is that there’s a nonzero chance that this actually works.

Can Trump deport suspected undocumented migrants without due process? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

Can Trump completely ignore the rulings of the court system up to and including the Supreme Court? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

Can Trump target specific people, companies, or organizations with punitive executive orders unless they bend to his will or do his bidding? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

Can Trump withhold federal funding from universities and other organizations that don’t adopt Trump-friendly policies and give him direct control over their operations? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

Can Trump threaten executive, legislative, or otherwise punitive action against news organizations and reporters who report on him unfavorably? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

Can Trump unilaterally implement and rescind tariffs unilaterally, based on nothing but his personal whims? “No. It’s not complicated. Anyone that tries to inject nuance into this simple question is not to be taken seriously.” Except he’s doing just that.

I could go on and on, but I’m sure you get the idea by now.

Asking “can” he do something is irrelevant. The actual questions to ask are if there is anybody with the power and authority to stop him, do they have the ability to enforce it, and are they willing to use that power? If the answer to those questions are “no”, then the answer to whether or not Trump “can” do something is “He can, and he will, because fuck you that’s why.”

If there is nobody willing or able to enforce the law, those laws are mere suggestions that can be ignored when inconvenient.

Remember that Trump’s real purpose in continuously needling and threatening to annex Canada, Greenland, and Panama is so he’ll have something to regurgitate whenever he needs a distraction and wants the media to focus on something other than one of his many damaging scandals or authoritarian power grabs, or just when he feels the media isn’t focused on him and he feels a need to be the center of attention again.

Because there are enough of them to win elections.

EDIT: Downvotes don’t change reality, people. There are enough people who support these efforts to sway elections. It’s why Republicans refuse to stand up to Trump in the first place – standing up to him is political suicide in many of these areas. You can continue to not care about their opinions, but all that will do is leave you wondering why you keep losing to them.

If you want to combat this, you need to figure out what they believe and why they believe it. Then you need to figure out which ones are just party-line MAGA to the end and are unreachable, and which ones have concerns that can be addressed and negotiated on, and try to work on those. But continuing to not care about their opinions while trying to force an agenda that they already said in 2024 that they don’t want is a great way to ensure that you keep losing.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If you’re trying to win an election, and 51% of the people you need to vote for you are concerned about monkeys flying out of your ass, you had better come up with a plan to address the flying monkey problem. You can try to appeal to logic and reason by saying that there are obviously no monkeys flying out of your ass, but you’ll be doing it during your concession speech.

He had no intention of being dignified. He does what he does because it gets him the attention he seeks. If he showed up dignified, he wouldn’t be the center of attention.

For the record, there are 195 recognized countries on the planet, including the US.

That means he’d have struck a deal with literally every country on earth, including countries like North Korea that we never had trade deals with in the first place, and six that don’t exist. Maybe he made a deal with those penguins?

This was not an accident. First, it gets him to stand out from the crowd, draw all the attention to himself, and make it all about him which is what he lives and breathes for. Second, it gets the media to focus on something other than him eliminating due process, having judges arrested, using the DOJ to attack perceived enemies, deporting US citizens, and completely ignoring court rulings while those who have the power to stop it sit back and either do nothing or actively support it.

Trump will continue to not care.

The Supreme Court has already declared him immune. WTF does anyone think he cares about contempt charges?

As the song from Rush goes, if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

You chose to sit this out, knowing it was a de-facto vote for Trump. Take responsibility for your own choices instead of blaming others.

So again, your solution was to … elect a different senile pedo that was campaigning on funding and weaponizing a genocide?

You don’t stop shooting yourself in the foot by aiming the gun at your own head instead.

The same could be said about a million other things, but this is where he draws the line?

Good. And you should take that filthy little nosepicker out of the oval office at the same time. Oh, and the kid as well.

So the solution to a politician who is “condoning genocide” is to instead elect a person who was actively campaigning on genociding harder, seizing the land, and turning Gaza into beachfront property for the rich?