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It’s Only June, and the Level of Stupid and Right-Wing Rhetoric Is Already Wearing Me Out
For three and a half years, a lot of the stupid was hidden, but now Trump supporters are returning in droves.
They are suddenly again everywhere. After Trump won in 2016, all those who feared admitting they supported him suddenly floated to the top and began shouting — “We did it.” For four years, despite the horror of the Trump presidency, the embarrassment, the corruption, and the daily blows to our collective kidneys, they made excuses for him. Then, January 6th, a day that shook the nation, happened, and most of them fell silent, their voices muted by the weight of the event.
Many of us, and I was one of them, were lulled into a belief that January 6th would become the straw that broke the back of their unwavering support. The silence was wonderful. Feeling like a parent whose five kids were suddenly taken to grandma’s house for a sleepover, the house was deliciously quiet. But Mitch McConnell, silly, Moscow Mitch, foolishly assumed that our energy vampire, Trump, January 6th had become the wooden stake through Trump’s heart.
If only Mitch had supported a full impeachment, then none of what is going on now would be “going on now.” The cockroaches would be safely back…
