The Cult of Trump is continuing its apocalyptic crusade across red America with yet another one of his traveling salvation shows. Following his humiliation in Georgia last month, where the paltry crowd was seen exiting while he was still in mid-rant, Trump ventured to Michigan to give it another go.
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One of the reasons that Trump's circus is drawing fewer fans is that he insists on replaying the same tedious bits at every fan-fest. His set list consists solely of shouting at the "fake news," chanting "lock her up" whenever Hillary Clinton is mentioned, and his interminable whining that the 2020 election was "rigged" and "stolen" from him.
The "Big Lie" was once again featured on Saturday night. The evening's fare was foreshadowed in the event's opening prayer, delivered by a fully ordained minister of Trumpism who warmed up the audience with this appeal to the Lard:
"So we pray. Father in heaven, we firmly believe that Donald J. Trump is the current and true president of the United States. You have raised him up for this season of time to be used and be part in saving a nation. Bless and protect him and his family from any physical, spiritual attacks and may his voice stir the people to righteous action to bring godly men and women into elected office, in Michigan and across America."
So now God is being recruited as a witness to Trump's divine ascendency to the throne of America. You would think that a pastor would be reticent to lie so blatantly to God's face by calling Trump the "current and true president" when he clearly is not. Contrary to God raising Trump up, he very plainly slammed him down, which is why he's still holding these pathetic freak shows. But the minister of lies continued saying that...
"We declare he will be back in office soon. VERY soon. In Jesus' name. Amen. We pray the fraud in the 2020 election will continue to be exposed and the election decertified in Michigan. The battleground state in our nation. In Jesus' name."
With that declaration the affair was off to a bizarre and sacrilegious start. The audience was now ready for the main abstraction. Donald Trump. And he didn't disappoint - well - no more than usual. As expected, Trump addressed the "Big Lie" in a tirade that he pretended would be brief (video below):
"And just to cover it quickly, because I don't want to take a lot of time, but it's coming, out this 'Truth to Vote,' where they found all the thousands and thousands of ballot harvesters. You've seen that. 'Truth to Vote.' But when you see that - that's coming out in two weeks - when you see those numbers, I think it's four or five million people cheating. Those numbers are coming out."
That should satisfy the deadenders that showed up for this spectacle. After all, everyone recalls how trump delivered on his promises to produce a healthcare plan in two weeks. Or his infrastructure program. Or his border wall. He is nothing if not consistent - consistently wrong. He's had more than a year to produce evidence of election fraud and has utterly failed to do so. Not that any of his glassy-eyed disciples will notice or hold him accountable to his word.
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By the way, when Trump referred to "Truth to Vote," he was mangling the name of the wholly discreditable conspiracy crackpots at "True the Vote," who have never produced anything remotely related to the truth. Undaunted, Trump continued saying that...
"Now the press hates like hell to cover it. Oh, they go crazy cause they have a lot of live television. I'm talking about this, they don't know what to do. They're saying 'Should we turn off the cameras?' Who cares? But right here, just quickly, in Michigan your corrupt state officials sent out 7.7 million unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to everyone on the rolls. Including people who are dead and those who no longer live in the state. Other than that it was wonderful."
Trump frequently claims that the media covering his rallies are turning their cameras on and off depending on what he's saying. That is, of course, delusional. Although it is true that most of the TV news networks (including Fox News) stopped carrying his rallies live long ago. They realized that there was nothing newsworthy about his vein-bursting rage-a-thons. They are just full of nonsense like "When you hear 'mail-in ballot' you can guarantee you have a corrupt election."
Never mind that Trump himself votes by mail-in ballot. So do all of the voters of five states (Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington). So does most of our military deployed away from home. And even in his remarks Trump notes that the voters of Michigan received applications for mail-in ballots, not the ballots themselves. So there is no opportunity for voter fraud.
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Not that any of that matters to Trump or his cult followers. For them it is all about stirring up anger and hatred and irrational fears. And by that measure, Trump is doing a pretty good job of terrorizing his ever shrinking flock.
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