An exasperated sigh

Serious news media are mostly covering the incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner as a real assassination attempt. Some people aren’t so sure, though. The whole thing seems a little bit off. There are a few things that don’t add up. 

Like what, you ask? OK, let’s look at the guest list. Why on earth were the VP, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, Attorney General, FBI Director, House Speaker, and Treasury Secretary all in the same room at the same time during a war? That doesn’t seem right. And then the immediate messaging on the ballroom, which seemed very well coordinated. Every MAGA loudmouth on Beyonce’s internet posted a similar message - boiled down to “See? Now do you understand why we need the ballroom?” within minutes of one another. Very odd. Very coincidental. 

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Not to mention that there’s absolutely no reasoning that supports the security rationale for the ballroom to begin with. If they build the ballroom, will the President ONLY attend functions that are held there? No more million-dollar-a-plate fundraising dinners, no more WWE, no more rallies? Is he going to give up golf? Is he going to stop having dinner in the Mar a Lago dining room? Is Trump Tower off-limits until 2029?

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If I hear the word “rhetoric” one more time, I’m going to heave a big exasperated sigh, and maybe roll my eyes. Nothing more than that, I promise. Because if I say that if I hear that word one more time I’ll scream or I’ll throw a plate or something, then someone might accuse me of fomenting violence. (Oh, and ballroom too - that word has also long since worn out its welcome.) 

Maybe there are lots of baby brain people out here who just don’t understand the difference between emphatic expression of strongly held opinion - in other words, speech, which is (for now) still protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Or maybe - just maybe - the people screaming about “violent rhetoric” endangering their beloved Donald Jiminy Trump understand that difference perfectly and they’re using Saturday’s events as yet another opportunity to flood the zone with bad-faith bullshit. 

I think it might be the latter. 

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But in case it’s the former, let me help the baby brain people: Donald Trump is a bad bad bad President - the worst ever - and he’s also just objectively a terrible person. That’s just a statement. It’s not a call to violence. By the way, of all people, Donald Jimmyjohn Trump knows what violent rhetoric really is. He’s an expert.  

Again, for the sake of clarity: I don’t want anyone to do anything bad to Donald Trump, other than to hold him legally accountable for being a bad bad bad President. I don’t want anyone to physically attack or hurt him or anyone else. Just need to make that clear, so I don’t end up on Kash Patel’s list of things to do. Oh, and more thing: Grow up, baby brains. There are so many snowflakes out here that I need my ski boots.