Very Stable Genius Donald "Rump" Trump was in southwestern Pennsylvania yesterday attempting to save the 18th Congressional district seat for Republicans (a district Rump won by 20 points in 2016 and which hasn't elected a Democrat since 2002). Democrat Conor Lamb is giving generic right- wing Republican toad stool Rick Saccone a run for his (mostly outside PAC) money, with polls showing a neck- and- neck race.
Newsflash: there's just one big problem when you invite Rump to talk about someone other than himself: he just can't do it. Mother Jones catalogued the personalities and topics Rump covered for 75 minutes after a quick endorsement of Saccone. Here are just a few of the tangents the Very Stable Genius went off on:
-- Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd (calling him "a sleeping eyed son of a bitch.");
-- "Without Donald Trump, the Olympics would have been a total failure";
-- Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), saying she's a "very low IQ individual" for calling for his impeachment;
-- recounting, almost state- by- state, his election "victory";
-- endorsing the execution of drug dealers (his response to the opioid epidemic).
Bottom line: The marks and suckers had some low- brow entertainment for 80 minutes, Rump got to have his unslakable ego massaged, and poor toad stool Saccone had to sit there like a potted plant (no insult to potted plants intended).
BONUS: Karoli has some more nuggets from the speech.
(Photo: Toad stool Saccone giving the White Power salute (allegedly!); Rump basking in the glow of hundreds of very white faces in Pennsylvania yesterday - Getty Pictures)
