It is very consistent that holidays — like Memorial Day — provide a good opportunity for a look at the delusion-driven nature of what Republicans have to offer.
In a post he made early Monday on his account on Truth Social, which is his knock-off social media site, Donald compared those who have died in defense of the United States to the individuals engaged in what he characterized as a fight against the radical Left. The comparison, of course, feels like an insult, dragging the memory of those who have, in fact, died to the level of the petty and damaging nonsense in which so many Republican leaders engage. No, Donald, you’re not at the same level as deceased American troops because you posted mean things online about those terrible old Democrats.
“HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, BUT ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE, AND TO THOSE IN LINE OF A VERY DIFFERENT, BUT EQUALLY DANGEROUS FIRE, STOPPING THE THREATS OF THE TERRORISTS, MISFITS AND LUNATIC THUGS WHO ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY FROM WITHIN TO OVERTURN AND DESTROY OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN IN GREATER PERIL THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW,” Trump told his followers Monday. “WE MUST STOP THE COMMUNISTS, MARXISTS AND FASCIST “PIGS” AT EVERY TURN AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
What Republicans have been actually doing includes targeting vulnerable groups, from LGBTQ+ minors to pregnant people in need of an abortion to historically marginalized communities seeking to exercise their right to vote. On the last front, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a quickly challenged law that imposed many new restrictions on non-governmental organizations that do outreach to voters with the aim of getting them registered to vote. Such organizations often particularly serve those marginalized groups, and the new rules they must follow even include a pointless restriction against non-citizens involving themselves in collecting personal details for voter registrations.
