Let’s talk about Trump’s last 48 hours, because what happened is so bat-shit, it doesn’t even seem real.
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1/ Outraged by the brutal murder of an unarmed black man by a preening racist cop—whose ACTUAL LAST NAME, Chauvin, means “overly aggressive patriot”—hundreds of thousands of people in cities and towns across America begin to peacefully protest.
2/ Agitators—some from the alt-right, some from the alt-left, some from the ranks of the police, and some just assholes—co-opt the peaceful rallies and start looting & burning stuff. This is condemned by everyone, including the peaceful protesters.
3/ Cops use this as an excuse to fire rubber bullets and teargas canisters in the face of peaceful protesters, journalists, and civilians on the way home from the grocery store. Some of them drive police vehicles into crowds of protesters.
4/ Although 99% of the protests are peaceful, and 99% of those involved legit, the media reports focus 99% of the attention on the 1% who are assholes.
5/ Joe Biden goes to a protest. Kamala Harris goes to a protest. Donald John Trump decides not to address the nation, because he has no plans and nothing to say beyond his “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” and “violent dogs” tweets.
6/ Protesters in front of the White House show up in vast numbers and get testy, tussling the barricades with the Secret Service by the fence. This freaks out President Braveheart, who immediately repairs to the underground bunker beneath the building.
7/ Dick Cheney was whisked to this bunker on 9/11. From what I gather, he did not want to go, but Secret Service insisted. On 9/11. When airplanes may well have been trying to fly into the building. But Trump got spooked by a few protesters, turned tail, & took shelter. Coward!
8/ In the bunker, Trump didn’t know what to do. The situation was desperate, and he was out of ideas. So what does he do? He rings up his owner, Vladimir Putin, for instructions.
HE. CALLED. PUTIN.
9/ A few hours later, Trump has jackbooted goons fire teargas & light charges at people peacefully protesting in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. As soon as the smoke has (literally) cleared, he “bravely” walks to the front of the church.
10/ This is the most he’s walked since taking office. I guess golf carts were not available?
11/ With him on the walk are Bill Barr, whom the House should immediately detain for contempt of Congress, and someone named General Milley, who looks to be the Vichy GOP version of Marshal Pétain.
12/ Once at the church, Trump is given a Bible, which he fumbles with, as if he has never before held a book in his entire life. He then poses for one of the most pathetic photos ever taken of a US president, mistakenly believing he’s projecting strength.
13/ Putin! He called f—king PUTIN!
But this was supposedly the idea of [reads notes] Hope Hicks?!?!
14/ How is this even happening?
15/ This is the scariest moment in this country in my lifetime. But take heart: Trump is only doing this out of desperation. He knows he’s going to lose, and he wants to do as much damage as possible on his way out the door and into the squad car.
We outnumber them. We are legion. And WE SHALL PREVAIL!!!
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PS
The Hitler/Bible going around is Photoshopped. That so many people (including me initially) fell for it, is itself an indictment of Trump and all he stands for.
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