Friend,
First of all, a disclaimer from the
team at The Lincoln Project: Yes, we can point out how insane the MAGA
convention is. And we will. But just remember: These are the people
who are going to be in charge if Trump wins. This is Project 2025 in
spittle-flecked ranting form. It is real. And we have to stop it.
That’s
our goal, and we need you with us.
But onto the recap so far: Hell
week is somehow halfway done! Actually, Hell may be better than a
convention hall filled with today’s GOP and all the other Donald Trump
bootlickers. For the next couple days, Milwaukee will continue to have
the displeasure of hosting the RNC. The themes for the past two nights
have defied belief. Monday’s was “Make America Wealthy Once Again.”
Whatever that means. And no, they didn’t just watch the stock market
tickers rise and rise (as they are – who’s president right
now?)
As expected, the convention so far
has been full of election-denying, January 6th-deflecting, anti-woke
“fun.” Accordingly, we heard from some of our
favorite-least-favorites. MTG yelled for a while and lied about
everything from the economy to the Middle East – and even CNN called
what she spewed “Not even close to true.”
We also heard from MAGA Mike, who
definitely defended his title of weirdest guy on Capitol Hill. At the
end of his speech, all he had to do was make a simple introduction for
the Iowa Attorney General, but he had a little trouble. Apparently the
teleprompter went out when Mike was just a couple words away from
being done. Instead of finishing his sentence, he abruptly walked
offstage, which led to a subpar cover band riffing for about 20
minutes until the teleprompter was fixed. Those 20 minutes may end up
being the best 20 minutes of the entire convention.
And Ron Johnson. Just wow, Ron.
Apparently another teleprompter “flub” caused him to deliver THE WRONG
SPEECH. That’s what he’s saying. Speech 1: Democrats are a “clear and
present danger.” Speech 2: some blather about unity. Ron chose Speech
1. Does anyone really believe it was a teleprompter error? Almost
makes MAGA Mike look normal. We can’t underestimate how hard that
is.
And continuing with the pattern of
weirdo MAGA people, we have to touch on Ol’ Pudding Ron’s speech. He
did that thing where he wears 5 inch heels and blathers on about how
great the guy who referred to him as “meatball” is in between
uncontrollably licking his lips. Even though he’s been out of the news
lately, he clearly hasn’t changed. He’s still the most uncomfortable
guy in the GOP.
Nikki Haley proved to us once again
that when she suspended her campaign, she suspended having a spine
too, because this was the ass-kissing of the year. She was booed
before taking the stage, and from the looks of it, Trump was dozing
off during her speech. Maybe she won’t get that cabinet spot after
all.
Yes, night two had its moments, but
perhaps none better than one that occurred offstage. The saga of Matt
Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy beefing continues, and it just gets more
hilarious. Kevin was being interviewed when Gaetz came up behind the
camera and started heckling. What did Kevin do about it? He went for
the ace in the hole of course and called Gaetz a pedophile on live TV.
Kinda hard to recover from that one. We’re guessing that’s why Matty G
wasn’t asked to speak at the convention.
Remember folks, we’re only halfway
through. And the circus is only going to get worse. The more you read
about the convention, the more we hope you realize how badly we need
to win this thing in November.
Help
us defeat MAGA >>
-The Lincoln Project
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