One of the things that upsets me the most about the past five years is that I genuinely used to trust the fact that when faced with a common enemy, Americans of good faith would unite against that enemy. I used to genuinely believe in my fellow Americans. I used to trust my countrymen – not all, but most – to make good decisions and recognize fascism when they saw it, recognize a con job when they saw it, recognize violent white supremacy when they saw it. The grief and anger I have towards these f–king nutjobs supporting Donald Trump cannot be overstated.
Because of the pandemic, many cities flatly refused to host the Republican National Convention. So the Republicans decided to hold their MAGA Nazi rallies on various federal properties, in blatant violation of the Hatch Act. You cannot use a military base for a partisan political speech. You cannot use the South Lawn of the White House for your RNC nomination acceptance speech. You cannot use the white power rose garden for the First Lady’s RNC speech either. All of this was breaking federal law. And Trump’s South Lawn RNC thing wasn’t just him whining and lying to camera. No. This f–ker needed an audience of hundreds, sitting close together with no social distancing and few masks. Then came the fireworks spelling out “TRUMP.” I’m not even joking.
So, yeah, I’m not going to post the video of Trump’s fascist, asinine RNC speech on the South Lawn. He said everything you can imagine and all of the MAGA Nazis cheered their Dear Leader. I will post some reactions from people who did watch the mess:
America, we’re paying for a campaign commercial in a house we own for a man most Americans didn’t vote for.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 28, 2020
RNC Night 4 continues to feature speakers who claim that the protests and violence happening in Trump's America wouldn't be happening in Trump's America.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 28, 2020
To watch a President wage a 4-year campaign of deliberate division, trolling, and stoked unrest, and then when that steady injection of national division boils over, to watch him blame the party not in power… is truly one of the great political con jobs in American history.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) August 28, 2020
We cancelled that order of tea. https://t.co/mOgQvEG89X
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 28, 2020
Donald Trump is currently breaking the law on national TV.
If that matters to you, vote.
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) August 28, 2020
More Americans died from coronavirus during the Republican Convention than died on 9/11.
— David Litt (@davidlitt) August 28, 2020
This abomination may be the most visible misuse of official position for private gain in America’s history. It is an abuse of the power entrusted to this man, the breach of a sacred trust. It is the civic equivalent of a mortal sin—maybe a religious one too. And it is a harbinger pic.twitter.com/UryxiQTyv0
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 28, 2020
Let's be clear: it is wrong and illegal to use federal property and taxpayer resources for partisan campaigning.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 28, 2020
This is some un-American shit right here. pic.twitter.com/pBIYKGLVX4
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 27, 2020
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
I was surprised at how the pictures of this hit me yesterday. I got so upset. I guess the WH meant something to me and I didn’t realize it. This was like watching a hostile foreign power plant their flag on our WH. It was quite painful. But he wanted it that way. He rubbed our faces in it “the fact is we’re here and they’re not”. He is an abuser. He is THE abuser.
I literally cried and it takes a lot to make me cry.
The picture that most sites are using-with the blurry seal behind his head-makes him look like a saint ::shudder::
That symbolism had to be intentional right? Gross gross gross.
@cassandra Yes it was definitely deliberate. They framed the shot so he would look like he had a halo or nimbus. I was shocked when I saw it.
The charge sheet is going to be a mile long.
The fireworks spelling out the name (at least twice) sealed the implied messaging that the family considers it their property now.
Dan R’s tweet is so spot on. Taxpayers are footing the bill for an entire family’s massive grift, plus this campaign.
And his minions claim that anyone who is upset by this is not patriotic. They are committing treason on national television.
I know. What really gets to me is the fence he’s put up. I live in a suburb of DC and used to go for dinner occasionally and walk past the WH. Now I just can’t. That fence around the people’s house is just too much. I hope Biden rips it down in January.
I last visited DC in 2016. There was the funniest guys dressed up as “PotSquatch” I think where the new fence is now. They had very good security without a fence, as I recall.
This is the darkest timeline.
I feel like that’s all there is to say right now. Literally every day since he was elected it has gotten exponentially worse.
*sob* please take us back, or forward, anywhere but now!
Don’t know if anyone has seen G.I.Joe : The rise of COBRA where they show the American flag is taken down and the COBRA flag rising high.
That is how I saw yesterday’s White House. America has been completely taken over by the enemy with the help of the military, greed and racism.
This LYING RACIST TURD has done so many illegal things and everyone turns a blind eye. He needs to be held accountable for all of his illegal activities, and hopefully, he’ll get his just deserts in the end. Hopefully, he’ll be rotting in jail along with the rest of his family.
#trumpisaracist
#prisontimefortrump
#locktrumpup
Think of the DOJ referrals that will be coming from the Senate in 2021. There is no way Congress is just going to “move on.”
If Obama had done this, Fox News and their followers would have torched the White House. I can’t stand to watch Fox, but I’m sure they have nothing to say on the matter.
YEP
Obama would never have done this because his scandal free administration was made up of people of integrity.
Nagini was so, so hopped up on something. Maybe not drugs, more like stupid ego.
Also the row of old white dudes in the front, the “cabinet”. Pasty. Only Steve Mnunckin still bothers to dye his hair, and Wilbur Ross seemed to be mostly asleep.
Get off our lawn, you disgusting cretins.
Nagini was hopped up on herself. She believes she is beloved by the entire nation.
I cannot believe this is where we are at. I miss being naive and thinking the people around me weren’t racist and hateful, and vocally so, and even pushing sh@t from Qanon, I just truly can’t understand them and it makes me so angry and sad, sorry, I realize it’s depressing but I’m just not sure where we go from here.
Me either Megan. I don’t feel the same way about my family. I can’t even write on my blog the truth about that. About the coldness I feel inside. But most of all i wonder how I will be able to deal with them if he gets four more years. I have been in “fake it till you make it” mode for a while now. If that happens I can’t fake it anymore. I’ll be without family and without a country. This is one possible future. One very possible future.
I’m so sorry your family are Trumpsters. I have a few friends who are and I’ve basically cut them off. I can’t imagine how painful that would be if I felt like the people I was close to were supporting this horror.
Thank you Mary.
Agreed. Just this morning a young lady I know from the gym posted some right wing guy’s meme about how “looters can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a business because they’ve never done a productive thing in their lives” and the hate and blatant racism just stopped me in my tracks. This lady’s husband is a cop and she is a special education teacher! Thank goodness I’ve never met another teacher with such hateful views but holy hell the poor kiddos in her care.
About the looters and the people destroying everything. I understand it is mainly right wing troublemakers and Magats using these protests as a way to stir up trouble and be violent so Trumpsters can cry about all the leftist anarchists. And I believe that to be true. Just look at Rittenhouse. They purposely come to these gatherings and start sh*t.
I just want to say that you’re experiencing a normal reaction to a traumatic experience. There are very few upsides to having a traumatic childhood, but one that I have learned as a survivor is that my experiences (& getting lots of help!) have made me more resilient than many people who didn’t experience that trauma. What I see right now is many people experiencing a collective trauma on a massive scale. I don’t think we’ve seen this in the West since WWII (before that, the Depression, WWI, 1918 flu). I hope people take this trauma seriously & are gentle with themselves during a very trying time.
I mean, I’m sorry, but comparing a mild pandemic to the devastation of WWII is pretty ignorant. Yes, trauma is trauma, but WWII didn’t just come with trauma, it came with burned villages, bombs, executions, gas chambers, torture, missing limbs, famine, death… This is not even close.
What a thoughtful and helpful comment.
I grew up with a parent’s life-altering illness. That experience did make me more resilient, and currently concerned for how flippant and dismissive some people are being about the virus. Case in point – last night’s obvious and purposeful lack of social distancing.
However, all I can really control are my own actions, take care of my own mental well-being and remain compassionate for others.
This collective experience has shown us hatred and disdain for others, but there are also people trying to do the right things during a time of economic, social and health crises.
@El – “A mild pandemic”?! Is that what you call a worldwide devastation of sickness and death? Just a gentle reminder…almost a million dead, almost 25 million reported sick. And its going to get worse before it gets better. Wrap that up with the devastation of climate change, riots, catastrophic job loss, no medical coverage for millions, and racist Trump and his gang of thieves looting the country? Believe me, facing this IS traumatizing.
@El I am not ignorant of the history of WWII. And lol at the cognitive dissonance of typing the words “mild pandemic.” That made my morning!
What we are experiencing is a pandemic raging out of control in the US. On top of that are the open fascism & criminality on display from the White House, plus daily murders of Black people by police in their own communities, murder of protesters objecting to those extra judicial killings, protesters being snatched off the street by feds in unmarked vans, children ripped from their parents & caged, climate change ravaging communities here & all over the world, US soldiers still being killed, maimed & traumatized in other countries where bombs are still exploding. And outside the US? Babies starving to death in war-ravaged Yemen, Syria, etc. Muslims hunted, raped & killed in Myanmar & India. Muslims put into concentration camps in China (which our “president” has praised & wants to emulate). Rising fascism in Europe. Need I go on?
I know the history of WWII. I made that comparison advisedly & not because it is analogous in every way. I made it because the collective trauma of people watching all of this & feeling helpless is analogous. And people of good will & compassion are bewildered, overwhelmed & hurting in ways that are both understandable & worthy of acknowledgment.
@Christin I’m sorry for that experience growing up, but I’m glad you were able to survive & find ways to be resilient. You articulated exactly the most important lessons–taking responsibility for your mental health day-to day, and compassion. Compassion (including for yourself) & kindness are acts of bravery. I feel better every day I am able to practice them.
The game is on folks. Do whatever you can, volunteer, make calls, donate…whatever is in your ability to do. Please do it. Our survival is at stake and that’s not hyperbole. This Orange satanic menace could very well win this election due to the electoral college nonsense. Once again, the majority will be held hostage by the minority. All hands and boots on deck for the fight of our lives.
Yes. I have been making calls for Biden and the people I have been talking to in FL give me hope. But I know I’m just scratching the surface. As you said everyone needs to pitch in.
I was chatting with some friends last night, talking about how we need to harness the same kind of energy on election day that came out for the Women’s March. They were very pessimistic, saying they think people are too tired and beaten down to rise up like that again. It’s time to find a second wind, people.
I just set up a recurring contribution to Biden / Harris and bought some buttons. I always volunteer to drive people to the polls on election day. I should be making calls like you.
aang, we all do what we can. Driving people to the polls is huge. But I gotta say that phone banking, which I started doing in 2017, is oddly uplifting to me. Talking to people and helping them make a plan to vote Dem is really the only thing that’s made me feel hopeful since Trump was elected.
I’ve gone door to door for every election since 1996. Biden is not doing canvas so I have been making calls but I miss interacting with people in my community.
Oh and it’s time from the news media to take the gloves off and stop with the lame “balanced and fair nonsense” and treating Trump like a normal President. Our democracy and survival is at stake and they need to call him out for the lying despotic crazy he is.
I agree. Call it out. Because this is not a democracy. And all of these idiots saying “oh but our flag” need to be reminded full on that it’s just a piece of fabric if you don’t actually speak out about the underlying principles that are under attack.
I think the media has made it abundantly clear they are not going to call Trump out for what he is nor are they going to stop normalizing Trump and his gang of criminals. No one is coming to save us but ourselves.
It looked like a scene out of the Handmsids Tale when they went to D.C. Javanka are Serena and Fred Waterford. I can’t take much more of this. I want to be sedated until election day.
Michael Moore just posted that Biden is not visiting Michigan just like Hillary did not in 2016…… I am getting worried again! We cannot underestimate Trump support!!!! How do we right this ship??? They are so close in the polls I am astounded 😔
Does MM know there’s a pandemic? Do Michigan voters need their asses individually caressed again in order to do the right thing? During a pandemic and public health crisis??? What’s up in Michigan? Ain’t nobody ever visits me where I live in a non swing state.
KILL the electoral college. It’s created states filled with whiny crybabies demanding presidential candidates come lotion and powder their rashy white asses.
Lmao Darla!!! I shouldn’t let him get under my skin… lol
@Darla,
bravo. I never got that either. Back in the day where you needed to show up to hear and see candidates – ok. But today??? Go read his platform and get over yourself.
Gee, where have we seen condescension like this before? Remind me again how that attitude turned out?
@Ummm, this isn’t condescension but merely a statement of fact. There is a global health pandemic that has been ravaging this county. No state should be expecting any candidate visits at this point. And if as of now you’re still undecided on who you’re voting for, well you’ve been willfully ignoring the last almost 4 years of bullshit. I would also question any candidate that did make campaign stops as not being cognizant of COVID and the extreme risk of spread at any large rally or gathering. I mean, feel free to ask Herman Cain how the maskless OK rally worked out for him.
Biden isn’t visiting any state because the people who will vote for him are smart enough not to go to a rally in the middle of a pandemic. MM is a sorry old has been who still thinks we are interested in what he has to say.
I never used to be a anxious person-but this election and 4 more years of trump and his goons keeps me up at night. I just keep picturing all the unfolding suffering and my heart starts racing.
And then I have colleagues say they are voting 3rd party and I legit want to shake them. What are they thinking? Do they think RBG is going to live forever? I do NOT understand the argument that all politicians are evil like trump so why does it matter if they don’t vote for Biden? I do not understand at all.
I had tears looking at pics late last night (very early this morning). That family and all their supporters have egregiously stained America. About the only positive I can muster is that a light has been shone across our cities and towns…true Americans now know who and what we face. Our families, friendships and acquaintances have been laid bare. There are no neat little packages tied with pretty bows. Lines have been drawn, and I for one can’t wait to walk that line daily to reinforce it. My cute and bubbly days ended four years ago. If anyone would’ve told my 20-something self that I’d be a citizen’s soldier for decency against the Cult of Republican……….
Where is the campaign money? There are specific funds for campaigning so you don’t violate the Hatch Act. Sooooo…..where is it? Did Putin get his taste already.
I sent a tweet to David Fahrenholt about this on Twitter last night.
I am devastated by the Democratic Party’s non-reaction to ANY of this! I refused to watch his Nazi rallying cry speech, so seeing these photos…they should impeachment again, use the power of the purse, the bully pulpit—all of it to remove this man. This is what they should have been doing from Day 1 of his presidency.
Watching my elected officials meekly condemn this behavior while not taking any action has really depressed me.
The worst was his surprise appearance at a naturalization ceremony and then airing the footage without the participants’ express permission during the RNC. Cheeto Mussolini and his minion Steve Hobgoblin Miller have done more to destroy our immigration system than I ever believed possible.
@Kaiser: SLOW CLAP for the amazing headline! I see so many news channels and newspapers using weak sauce headlines with vague euphemisms instead directly calling out 45’s blatant corruption and fascism. Thank you for telling it like it is!
To make me feel a little bit better I was looking at memes about the idiots who were there in person to watch this shit-show. Unmasked, sitting right next to each other-I’ve never considered myself vengeful but I laughed at the meme that said “Scream 4 more years! Spit it too!”
Yes to every Celebitchy comment on here. They reflect all of my thoughts and feelings. I am grateful that by coming to this site I am reminded that many intelligent, good people really do still exist. I need that because I can barely breathe watching this malignancy grow.
I must believe we will vote these monsters out or I couldn’t wake up in the morning.
He’s so……. so Orange!!! 🍊
“All of this was breaking federal law.” And yet nothing will be done. He has done so many terrible, illegal things that no one is doing shit about and it’s exhausting.
Honestly, just dropping in to say THANK YOU for printing an ACCURATE headline about this situation. i’m so tired of all the spinning and sugarcoating that is going on with this presidency.
And I wish the press would say it’s illegal, not “first time” and “unprecedented.” I nearly threw a show at my tv last night when I watched the news and they made it sound like “wow how come no one else thought about using federal property for Nazi rallies?”
If we get out of this, all of these people should be slapped with a Hatch Act violation. It’s on video. Very easy to arrest these turds.
Do you think that they charged admission to this rally- wouldn’t that be even more of a violation of The Hatch Act?
I read that there are already four cases of COVID amongst attendees at the Carolina end of things a few days ago. I am evil, and hoping that the virus was also a guest at the White House last night.
In fact, there is a picture somewhere (on Facebook, perhaps) posted showing 2 pics: Drumpf at the RNC with multitudes of the American Flag in back of him and HITLER standing/speaking at the podium in Nazi Germany with multitudes of flags with the swastika on them behind him! Celebyers, do you see the comparison? This correlation is also evidence that Take-A-💩 is following in the exact footsteps of one of the most HORRID people who ever lived on the face of Planet Earth–and he doesn’t care! VOTE. THE. _________________ OUT. THIS. NOVEMBER!! (put whatever cuss word you’d like to within that space—seriously. . . . .)
[Also, if anyone knows the link of that pic I mentioned above, could you please post it for all to see? I tried looking for it; no can do. ]