https://www.inquirer.com/news/mark-s...-20191016.html
Not Trump, but related.
Mark Sanford, the former Republican Governor of South Carolina who disappeared without notice leaving his spokeperson to say he was hiking the Appalachian Trail when he was really banging his Argentinian mistress in another country, kicked off his primary challenge against Trump in Philadelphia today.
We know this because Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Anna Orso was there to cover this. Alone.
"What do you mean alone?!"
I mean she was literally the only reporter who showed up to cover this, and there weren't too many people who weren't working for or related to Mark Sanford in attendance. But he did have a curious group of students from Paris stop by...not because of him, but because they were curious about the giant check he had with him.
Oh I suspect much more nefarious intent here. This isn't a belief that the US existed in the time of Ancient Rome, this is simply stating that America is fundamentally northern European, and thus had a relationship with the Roman Empire/Republic. In other words, ethno-nationalist crap.
But like...Rome is in the middle of Italy and closer to the southern Italian region...the "darker" Italians that weren't included with their northern, more WASPy (well, minus the Protestant) brethren.
It makes sense if you think about it from the white supremacist angle that's historically ignorant with their, "WE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE GREAT VIKING/ROMAN CONQUERORS WHO WERE PURE WHITE PEOPLE!" despite that being literally not remotely accurate. Did Stephen Miller write that speech?
Not that I underestimate their capacity for malicious--as well as fundamentally racist--stupidity, but gonna have to go with straight stupidity here.
ETA: "Is he maliciously dog-whistling white supremacists or just being incredibly stupid?" Speculation in the age of Trump.
Last edited by Levelfive; 2019-10-17 at 12:48 AM.
Trump posted a picture of Pelosi scolding him on his Twitter feed, trying to redirect the narrative to mean it was HER having the meltdown.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...808498688?s=20
Pelosi, on the other hand, made the same picture the banner of her Twitter profile, because whether you like her or hate her, she is a fucking boss.
https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi
Trump's troll game is slippin