MAGA Was "Groomed For This Moment"

 

In a perceptive Substack article, conservative writer Charlie Sykes looks at the unfolding, sinister attempt to turn Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in sex trafficking, into a heroine to the MAGA cult, and to falsely expose the "true villains" in the cabal, obviously excluding the Malignant Fascist and instead implicating powerful Dems and their allies:

"At some point a MAGA soaked in cultishness and conspiracism would end up with Ghislaine Maxwell. As Victim. Truth-teller. Savior. Key Master to unlock the Secrets of the Cabal.

MAGA influencers have already begun the long embrace, as Trump teases out a pardon, and his personal lawyer DOJ grants her immunity.

'Maybe she wants immunity, maybe she wants some sort of protection, I don’t know,' MAGA spittlelick Charlie Kirk said on his show last week. 'But it definitely is something that is worthy of praise, and worthy of our encouragement.'

Backward reels reality, because the reality is known: Ghislaine Maxwell is the manipulative monster behind Jeffrey Epstein’s victimization of hundreds of young women. She is a chronic liar, who was convicted on five charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. The judge who sentenced her to 20 years in prison described her crimes as “heinous and predatory.”

And yet, notes Colby Hall: 'If you’re keeping score at home: a convicted sex trafficker may soon receive DOJ immunity brokered by a Trump ally, in exchange for testimony that conveniently exonerates Trump and implicates Democrats — all while Trumpworld tries to paint her as the real victim.'

For MAGA, this winter was always coming. It has been groomed for this moment."

The deceitful scumbags in MAGAworld who built up the Epstein sex trafficking story, seeing now that their Dear Leader is implicated, are willing to enable the MF's lie about his absence from one of the most sordid and sick criminal events at the intersection of power and sex abuse of minors. Their utter hypocrisy and degeneracy is unmatched.

(photo: Trump and Maxwell at the Anand Jon Fashion Show in New York City on Sept 18, 2000. Patrick McMullan / Getty)

 

Quotes Of The Day -- The Demagogue-In-Waiting

 

"He thinks the climate crisis is a hoax, supports Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and would gladly pardon Donald Trump on day 1 of his would-be presidency. A wealthy biotech entrepreneur, the 38-year-old has never before run for public office.

"Despite all of this (or maybe because of it), this week’s Republican debate became a national coming-out party for Vivek Ramaswamy.

"Suddenly, this inexperienced and dangerous showoff is almost a household name..."  -- The Guardian's  Margaret Sullivan on Vivek "Ramasmarmy" Ramaswamy, "America's Demagogue-in-Waiting," and his performance at the Republican "debate" in Milwaukee this past Wednesday.

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In her op/ed, she references The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes' take on Ramasmarmy. Here's his salient quote:

"Vivek is a facile, clownish, shallow, shameless, pandering demagogue, but he is exactly what GOP voters crave these days. So, he will likely get a bump in the polls, at least in the short-run.

"Last night, Vivek was Trumpier than Trump. He touched all the erogenous zones of the MAGAverse with a fluency and zeal unmatched by anyone on the stage, from his anti-Ukraine memes to his fawning praise of the absent God King..."

We have to hope that, however much this grinning, facile "ChatGPT" demagogue appeals to the MAGAt lizard brain, he repulses everyone else for the reasons Sullivan and Sykes lay out.  Since they're deathly afraid of attacking the Malignant Loser directly, the rest of the pygmies running should compensate by training fire on this dangerous MAGA vessel.

Quotes Of The Day -- Trump, Russians And The Media

Last night's Real Time With Bill Maher contained some insightful zingers on neo- fascist Giant Toddler* Donald "Rump" Trump and his relationships with Russia and the media.  Here are a few of our favorites:

"[Trumpers] met with the Russians more than the Olympic doping committee." -- Bill Maher.

"I can't believe Putin paid full price for this guy." -- Maher on Rump's typically ignorant comment that "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated" (same link as above).

"Daddy didn’t come home drunk and beat us last night so he’s the best father ever!” -- conservative commentator Charlie Sykes on the media's "battered pundit syndrome" displayed in praise for Rump's big boy speech to Congress Tuesday.

"There's a desperate thirst for normal." -- MSNBC's Joy Reid on the media's willingness to constantly lower the bar for Rump and grant him "reset" moments over and over again (same link as above).

BONUS:  Steve Benen and Jeet Heer have good takes on media fawning over Rump's big boy speech.
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* h/t Quinn Cummings.