Following his airing of very Christian grievances, score- settling and slanders in front of appreciative hypocrites at the "National Prayer Breakfast" this morning, more psychopathic venting was apparently still needed by the Very Stable Genius via an hour- long session with his cultists in the East Room at the White (Supremacist) House. It was carried by broadcast and cable tv in order for Americans to see first hand the deranged shitstain the Senate Republican caucus just gave free license to further pillage our democracy.
Digby has the lowlights. Here's a tiny sample:
TRUMP: "They were going to try to overthrow the govt of the US, a duly-elected POTUS. And if I didn't fire Comey we would never have found this stuff out. B/c when I fired that sleazebag, all held broke out...let's see what happens. It's in the hands of some very talented people" pic.twitter.com/AkkE9YB5B7— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 6, 2020
Trump, whose children are currently involved in deals with suspected money launderers, mobsters, and corrupt politicians around the world for a company Trump personally owns, complains that his children would never be allowed to make money abroad during his presidency. pic.twitter.com/CMr0o1Fbgx— The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) February 6, 2020
Trump jokes that most wives wouldn't care if their husbands were shot, but Steve Scalise's wife clearly did pic.twitter.com/pYCSKR9SVl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 6, 2020
Trump demeans Adam Schiff and mocks Purple Heart recipient Lt. Col. Vindman pic.twitter.com/KNG9dpIsAI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 6, 2020
A few pointed comments will suffice --
This is the most insane surreal nightmarish impossible spectacle since earlier this morning.— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) February 6, 2020
This doesn't sound paranoid and insecure at all.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 6, 2020
Sniff. Snifff. Snifffffff.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 6, 2020
@JohnJHarwood on CNN just made the most important point about Trump’s speech - that it’s evidence of a man in deep psychological distress.— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 6, 2020
Headline writers you are failing if you call this a celebration or a victory lap. This was nutters— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 6, 2020
Those who defend a president like this are as depraved and/or nuts as he is.— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 6, 2020
To the last tweet, we would say they're simply venal cowards who value their power over all else.
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