It's good to see Biden-Harris HQ getting more aggressive.
I've observed Dolt .45 for years, as have y'all, and I've worked professionally with the insane, developmentally disabled and demented, and even I'm shocked. Why aren't family or others carting him off to an elder care facility? Is it that they all long for fascism and see him as the best vehicle despite his deep deep flaws?
In reality, Nikki Heat clearly, graciously and without equivocation congratulated Trump on his NH victory.
The real low point was when he made Senator Tim Scott humiliate himself and figuratively lick his boots on stage by pointing out that he was the senator from Haley's home state and she had appointed him, making it clear that Scott stabbed his former benefactor in the back for Trump's benefit.
"You must really hate her," Trump said of Haley, at which point Scott eagerly wagged his tail at the attention and came to the microphone to proclaim, "I just love YOU!" It was simply nauseating to watch. It's pretty clear Scott is auditioning for the Mike Pence love-struck lackey award in Trumpworld and he did a good job. Someone, probably Trump himself, even told him that if he wanted to be considered for the job of dutiful doormat he needed to get himself a lady stat, and he got that done right away. Whether Trump ultimately chooses him remains to be seen but no one can say that he didn't give it all he's got.
Jeff Sharlet on Twitter expressed what I suspect was many people's feeling of revulsion at the display:
"I hold Tim Scott in contempt, but the depth of self-abasement here is hard to look at. All the more so for understanding how Trump's supporters see it, a racist innoculation against charges of racism that in turn "permits" more racism."
It was indeed disgusting, Tom. Shame on you.
As for the speech itself, I think Republican strategist Mike Murphy said it best:
He's more than just sick and needy, however. He's also truly showing real signs of mental degradation. He's saying things in his speeches that are just incomprehensible and he's doing it a lot. For instance, after noting that Haley said South Carolina is next on the calendar, he noted that Nevada is actually next and then weirdly proclaimed, "I'm pleased to announce we just won Nevada!"
Now it's true that Nevada has a bizarre system with the state requiring a state-run primary instead of a caucus but the GOP there holding a caucus anyway. But it's not taking place next month and Haley was never participating in it anyway. What's he talking about?
It's been a while since the country has seen Trump in all his glory but he's back and he is much less coherent than he used to be. His "jokes" are obscure and mystifying and he doesn't seem able to communicate his thoughts with clarity. For example, this sort of thing is common:
... I don't know what kind of medical problem that might be, but it's clearly something. And it's happening a lot.
As journalist Jonathan Karl said on "Good Morning America,"
"Donald Trump is truly confused about who Nikki Haley is, thinks somehow that she was in charge of security at the Capitol on January 6th. We've seen him confuse Joe Biden with Barack Obama, he thinks that he beat Obama. We saw at one point, he talked about how Biden was going to get us into World War II... There have been several moments on the campaign trail where he has seemed, quite frankly, out of it."
Donny, are you ok? Really, are you?