Tulsa's Virus Super Spreader

Some observations from Peter Nicholas, writing in the Atlantic, on demagogue and narcissistic sociopath Donald "COVID Donnie" Trump's deadly Nuremberg rally in Tulsa tomorrow:

"Anyone who catches the disease will have sacrificed their health for the televised illusion that Trump is in control, the virus is in retreat, and the country is back to normal, when in fact cases are hitting record highs in Oklahoma and elsewhere and millions of people are out of work. Trump’s team is expecting the 19,000-seat arena to be full, a campaign spokesperson told me, with attendees packed shoulder to shoulder. They’ll be getting temperature checks at the door, and the campaign will offer masks. But many will likely decline, taking cues from a president who refuses to wear a mask in public or acknowledge either his own vulnerability or the epic crisis that happened on his watch." (our emphasis)

One of the greatest delusions held by Trump's rabid cult is that he cares for them because he purports to hate the same people they do. As his former longtime friend radio host Howard Stern said last month,

"The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most, love him the most.

'The people who are voting for Trump for the most part... he wouldn't even let them in a f***ing hotel.

'He'd be disgusted by them. Go to Mar-a-Lago, see if there's any people who look like you,' he said. 'I'm talking to you in the audience.

'The Trump voter who idolizes the guy, he despises you.'" (our emphasis)

They'll show up for him, sign a waiver not to hold him responsible for any infection, many will catch COVID-19, and the ones most susceptible to the virus will die. But as long as he gets out without contracting the virus, that's the important thing to him. Trump will have had his adrenaline rush and affirmation from his sad cult's cheers, and that's the only thing that Trump cares about.

BONUS:  Meanwhile, the rancid s.o.b. is threatening harm to protesters who might show up in at his super spreader event --

Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2020