Trump’s vanity Madison Square Garden rally has been a collection of the sort of racist and sexist freak show that is orbiting his presidential campaign.
First, there was a racist comedian who made racist comments about Puerto Ricans, black people, and Latinos.
Later came a parade of New York House Republicans all there to proclaim that New York, where Trump got 37% of the vote in 2020 is Trump country.
Speaker Mike Johnson showed to unconvincingly promise victory:
Mike Johnson doesn’t convinced as he tries to claim that there is an energy out there for Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. Even he doesn’t seem to believe what he is saying. pic.twitter.com/kW1Hypv23q
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 27, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy claimed that woke and believing in climate change makes millennials depressed and suicidal:
Vivek Ramaswamy seems to think that believing in climate change is causing suicide, “We are in the middle of a national identity crisis. Faith in god, patriotism, family and hard work. These things have disappeared only to be replaced by wokeism, depression, anxiety, suicide.” pic.twitter.com/nU6sqNspQt
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 27, 2024
We’ve also had appearances from Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.
Tucker Carlson showed up to continue his obsession with young girls:
Tucker Carlson, who has spent a considerable amount of time hating Trump, claims that Trump is going to win because people like him. pic.twitter.com/NzxBQ95rqT
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 27, 2024
JD Vance, the other half of the weirdest ticket in presidential election history, spoke.
Trump was originally thought to have been speaking about 90 minutes ago, as this event is well into its third hour.
This was supposed to be Trump’s big event to show how much much New York loves him. Instead it has been an oddball circus that Democrats how extreme and out of step MAGA is the the American mainstream.
Instead of holding a full day of multiple events as Kamala Harris has done in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump is throwing a party for himself in a state that he has no chance of winning as he doubles down on extremism.
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