Reporters really need to ask Republican lawmakers about Donald Trump’s political future every time they interview these weasels. This should be in addition to asking them who won the election. Not only is it important to the long-term viability of our representative democracy, it’s also effing hilarious.
These are simple questions: Do you think Joe Biden was elected legitimately? Some Republican legislators—including South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, who joined George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week on Sunday—are able to answer that question truthfully, even if their responses are somewhat short of full-throated. But ask these same “honest” Republicans if they’ll support a Trump candidacy going forward and it gets especially awkward.
Take the following two video clips. In the first, Rounds acknowledges Biden’s legitimacy: “The election was fair—as fair as we’ve seen. We simply did not win the election as Republicans for the presidency.”
Okay, he admitted it. Even if he did beat around numerous bushes on his way there. But at the end of the interview, when Rounds likely thought he was in the clear, Stephanopoulos hit him with a real head-scratcher (second tweet):
Ha ha ha ha! Seems Rounds has as much trouble answering questions about Donald Trump as Donald Trump has discussing David Duke. You’d think Stephanopoulos had asked Rounds if he ever masturbated to the Teletubbies or something.
Yeah, the 2024 GOP nominee could be someone who hasn’t shown up yet. It could also be Donald Trump. In fact, there’s a very good chance that it will be Donald Trump. So maybe the guy whom you just acknowledged is lying about being the legitimate winner of the 2020 election should be—gee, I don’t know—disqualified for trying to literally end U.S. democracy in order to soothe his own ego.
I’m sure Rounds just wants Trump to go away before 2024. I’d wager that a lot of Republicans feel the same way—which makes their cowardly obeisance to the ocher arschloch that much more infuriating.
But it’s all but useless to say “yeah, Biden won the election” and then in the next breath claim you wouldn’t rule out supporting the guy who’s vying to be the 21st century’s Benito Mussolini. That’s a special kind of cowardice, and people like Mike Rounds are hoping you simply won’t notice.
It made comedian Sarah Silverman say, “THIS IS FUCKING BRILLIANT,” and prompted author Stephen King to shout “Pulitzer Prize!!!” (on Twitter, that is). What is it? The viral letter that launched four hilarious Trump-trolling books. Get them all, including the finale, Goodbye, Asshat: 101 Farewell Letters to Donald Trump, at this link. Or, if you prefer a test drive, you can download the epilogue to Goodbye, Asshat for the low, low price of FREE.
These are simple questions: Do you think Joe Biden was elected legitimately? Some Republican legislators—including South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, who joined George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week on Sunday—are able to answer that question truthfully, even if their responses are somewhat short of full-throated. But ask these same “honest” Republicans if they’ll support a Trump candidacy going forward and it gets especially awkward.
Take the following two video clips. In the first, Rounds acknowledges Biden’s legitimacy: “The election was fair—as fair as we’ve seen. We simply did not win the election as Republicans for the presidency.”
Okay, he admitted it. Even if he did beat around numerous bushes on his way there. But at the end of the interview, when Rounds likely thought he was in the clear, Stephanopoulos hit him with a real head-scratcher (second tweet):
Ha ha ha ha! Seems Rounds has as much trouble answering questions about Donald Trump as Donald Trump has discussing David Duke. You’d think Stephanopoulos had asked Rounds if he ever masturbated to the Teletubbies or something.
Yeah, the 2024 GOP nominee could be someone who hasn’t shown up yet. It could also be Donald Trump. In fact, there’s a very good chance that it will be Donald Trump. So maybe the guy whom you just acknowledged is lying about being the legitimate winner of the 2020 election should be—gee, I don’t know—disqualified for trying to literally end U.S. democracy in order to soothe his own ego.
I’m sure Rounds just wants Trump to go away before 2024. I’d wager that a lot of Republicans feel the same way—which makes their cowardly obeisance to the ocher arschloch that much more infuriating.
But it’s all but useless to say “yeah, Biden won the election” and then in the next breath claim you wouldn’t rule out supporting the guy who’s vying to be the 21st century’s Benito Mussolini. That’s a special kind of cowardice, and people like Mike Rounds are hoping you simply won’t notice.
It made comedian Sarah Silverman say, “THIS IS FUCKING BRILLIANT,” and prompted author Stephen King to shout “Pulitzer Prize!!!” (on Twitter, that is). What is it? The viral letter that launched four hilarious Trump-trolling books. Get them all, including the finale, Goodbye, Asshat: 101 Farewell Letters to Donald Trump, at this link. Or, if you prefer a test drive, you can download the epilogue to Goodbye, Asshat for the low, low price of FREE.