"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

he's not going to prison; this is America

The bright side re: pending criminal cases in the event he died is he would no longer be around to obstruct.

We could get a lot of this shit on the books in record time.

I think him dying now would inflame his cult. I have no insight but it seems better to me that he be humiliated in the election and then prosecuted for his crimes

Anyway we are all bracing for disappointment, right? He’s probably going to be fine :-/

Then he'll get reelected.

But fuck such thoughts.

I remember you thought the same of Warren Harding

How would dying of the very disease he mocked and called a hoax burnish his rep with the cult? I mean as opposed to other outcomes?

Never forget:

We'd like him to be able to come home now, which is frustrating, but we're glad the doctors are being thorough and making sure they do the job right. Thank you for praying, everyone. Please keep doing it. He really is getting better, which means it is working.

— The Cain Gang (@THEHermanCain) July 27, 2020

He's not going to die, sadly. Even in his age group, the vast majority of people recover. Instead, in a couple of weeks' time, he's going to be bragging about how he "aced it", there will be NYT stories about how he has privately called people who died from it "losers" etc etc

it would be so much better to see him recover and then beaten on nov 3

Why, so he can continue to make life miserable for millions upon millions as a hero to his death cult?

The death cult will remain and its brains have been thoroughly scrambled by Trump's misrule. The best we can hope for is a landslide loss in November, so as to drive home to the cult leaders his repudiation by the public. Dan S may be right in that a dead man losing an election would not carry the same weight going forward.

Despite its moral irrelevance, the way in which his illness, recovery, or death plays out will no doubt affect the politics around investigating the official misdeeds of his administration and prosecuting his many crimes. There are so many ways for this to play out they are past predicting.

nice

POTUS was spooked after he tested positive for coronavirus and became increasingly alarmed as he developed symptoms — like a fever — overnight, person familiar with his reaction says.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 2, 2020

"I’d like to think that the moment they got the shot he turned on his heel and shat his pants"

I like to think that this is when he became president

lol

xp That might be true in the context of a Republican electorate who hadn’t already been convinced the whole thing is rigged. A landslide loss will do nothing to calm his followers.

Did we ever find out whether his brother died of covid btw?

A landslide loss will do nothing to calm his followers.

True enough. But the people at the top who must win elections to keep the gravy train rolling tend to notice landslide losses in a more professionally interested light.

xxxp Hadrian I don’t know exactly, but if he died now I worry that the Trump cult would concoct a story somehow to make him a martyr and then repeat the story a million times until it became folklore

I want to see him become a disappointment to everyone

I'm inclined to agree:

There are a lot of "why is Biden unliterary disarming?!" hot takes but pulling negative ads for a few days generates a lot of positive headlines that probably outweigh the value of said ads, especially given the "we must bring the country together" message that Biden is offering. https://t.co/Lv7s8T1pHI

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 2, 2020

lol @ 'unliterary' tho.

consider if he died he would go away

He's not going to die, sadly. Even in his age group, the vast majority of people recover. Instead, in a couple of weeks' time, he's going to be bragging about how he "aced it", there will be NYT stories about how he has privately called people who died from it "losers" etc etc

yeah c'mon, let's stay positive here

I want to see him drawn and quartered followed by a parade of children of all ethnicities shitting directly onto his screaming face but I am preparing myself to be disappointed; I suggest you do the same

^zweckpessimismus

But imagine if it made him really bloated and stupid

(stretches imagination to its limit) success!

WH officials have serious concerns about Trump's condition tonight and his symptoms are worse than those of the First Lady at this point, according to our sources.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 2, 2020

But he’ll be fine, they say

Trump adviser said there is reason for concern about Trump's health tonight. "This is serious," the source said. The source went on to describe Trump as very tired, very fatigued, and having some trouble breathing. WH officials continue to say Trump will be fine.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 2, 2020

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yeah i mean if hes got all this stuff on day ~3 and hes got a week left to the worst i can see why theyre worried

thought I read somewhere that Hope Hicks said he got symptoms before she did.

Starting to get irritated at the clip of Biden saying “this isn’t politics” that’s going around. Tell that to the tens of thousands of people who died needlessly because Trump wanted to improve his poll numbers.

NEW from a source: The Director of the Secret Service sent a note a few minutes ago to the agency that they are following protocols on “contact tracing and additional testing and isolation as applicable” after “protectees” (POTUS & the First Lady) test positive for COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/ms2sZ3kOsf

— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) October 2, 2020

Get in

Thom Tillis, another Republican Senator in attendance at the Rose Garden tests positive — pic.twitter.com/JxxgV5VfoN

— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) October 3, 2020

fuck yeah

best news yet tbh, taking the Senate majority down right now would solve a whole lot of fucking problems

wonder who the super spreader is

i am the superspreader

Coo coo ca choo

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel has tested positive for coronavirus.

i am the superspreader

― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, October 2, 2020 8:20 PM (twenty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

and I can do anything

Get in

the nearest mass grave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY

Calling them "protectees" seems a trifle cold.

Let's think of them as "people who have been tested."

Or, for short, "testees."

thom tillis is a midbrow pseud, he stinks

I don't know if my brain can handle anymore dopamine today.

― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Friday, October 2, 2020 3:54 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Seriously, this has been some day.

Any word on Mitch?

A mask-less Senator Tillis, who tested positive for #coronavirus, and maskless Amy Coney Barrett met on Wednesday.

Time for Mitch McConnell to suspend the mad rush to fill court vacancies, placing lives in jeopardy. pic.twitter.com/rn3HAuhuVe

— Kristen Clarke 866-OUR-VOTE (@KristenClarkeJD) October 3, 2020

She’s already had it