I usually try to spare y’all the sight of Trump’s hideous mug and the sound of his snuffling, adenoidal voice, but this clip from his CPAC appearance yesterday kinda has to be seen to be believed, IMO:
During Trump’s lying propaganda speech at CPAC, he pushed the vicious and false conspiracy theory that doctors execute babies after birth. This is unconscionable and untrue. pic.twitter.com/zFpVjANYL1
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 3, 2019
It may be a measure of just how far into Crazytown we are that a POTUS can puke up a psychotic fantasy like the above — a fever-dream delusion that puts targets on the backs of real medical professionals — and it’s not front page news on every outlet.
Maybe we’re all just numb, even the Beltway reporters. I’ve heard it was a rambling, demented, extra-long speech. I’m sure the above wasn’t the only nugget of extra-fancy grade A bugfuck insanity, but it was the only one I subjected myself to.
In other news, it looks like there are now enough GOP votes in the US Senate (4) to pass a bill opposing Trump’s bogus border emergency declaration. On the other hand, the GOP opponents include spineless shape-shifters Rand Paul and Susan Collins, so who knows.
What we do know is that if the bill passes, Trump will veto it, probably at a ceremony with a special golden pen and challenge coin. There won’t be enough votes in the so-called “limited government” party to override the veto, so it’ll be up to the courts to contain the damage over the next couple of years. And then it’ll be up to the voters.