Wow. Trump's current argument seems to be that we have to stop Joe Biden from becoming president because Joe Biden would listen to scientists and medical authorities. And we can't have that.
I dunno if there's any truth in the shitpile of allegations against Hunter Biden that Rudy Giuliani is now peddling — the one Fox News refused to disseminate because they thought it had credibility problems. But I doubt that anyone anywhere really thinks the Trump family is squeaky clean with regard to financial dealing. Nor can I see anyone who thinks that Donald Trump has been a terrible president looking at these charges and saying, "Gee, maybe America does need four more years of Donald Trump."
If someone tries to tell you there are no allegations of financial impropriety against the Trumps, show them this list.
A day or three ago, actress Kirstie Alley from Cheers came out on Twitter as a staunch Trump supporter. Our pal Ken Levine, who wrote many of the words she uttered on that series, has responded.
Nothing has disgusted me more about the Trump mob than the chanting of "Lock her up!" As Amanda Marcotte notes in this article…
That chant was a Trump-rally greatest hit in 2016, aimed at Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on the fallacious grounds that she had supposedly committed some crime for which she was escaping justice. (As usual, this was pure projection from Trump, who knew at the time he was a tax fraud and serial sexual assailant, whereas decades of effort to turn up some kind of malfeasance to pin on Clinton have resulted in bupkis.) This time, even that thin pretense was dropped, as the chant was aimed at Michigan's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, who hasn't been accused, even falsely or facetiously, of committing any crimes.
Whitmer's only "crime" is being a woman — and a conventionally attractive woman, at that — who Trump can't control. Trump has spent months publicly lashing out at Whitmer, who, like most Democratic governors, rejected Trump's demands that she ignore public health recommendations to slow the coronavirus spread. Instead, Whitmer instituted restrictions that have likely saved tens of thousands of lives. Trump and his loyal followers haven't let go of this, and keep obsessing over what he clearly sees an unforgivable act of female defiance.
I don't think it's wholly misogyny. Trump wants to lock up Obama and Biden and probably anyone who does not worship him. If I told him you're not a supporter, he'd probably want to see you behind bars because, to him, that's a crime. But certainly he and a lot of his associates are really bugged by strong women like Whitmer, Hillary, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Kamala Harris. I wonder if he's fantasized about having one of his foes hauled off in handcuffs. based on charges he'll divulge after the ballots are all in.