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

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

right, but theoretically she could still re-transmit, yeah? 2nd infections are rare but documented?

maybe she kept her germs in a secret vial to be released at the right time, maybe this was her plan all along

Amy Cunning Barrett

harbl, I think you misspelled "plandemic."

hah nice

https://t.co/e4HWL7RoNt pic.twitter.com/S0Yl1PfrWv

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 3, 2020

that is not a good look

Why?

...from Omar, @jack, or Donna Meagle's face?

Omar’s tweet (or gif response?) could be interpreted multiple ways

It's obvious that the company has a double standard, I think that's all she's saying.

Her mentions are filled with the most hateful social media whackos this side of 4-chan.

yeah, but being vague is not a good look for any politician imo - don’t expect your enemies to interpret you in good faith

Yeah that she receives death threats all the time is how I took it

don’t expect your enemies to interpret you in good faith

She doesn't, which is one of my favorite things about her. She's one of the most genuinely DGAF people on Twitter, at least when it comes to dealing with shitheads.