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The lip service tut-tutting from the same people who have spent a decade praising and normalizing these same figures feels very performative. I don't think it's going to make a difference for voters (I'm already seeing a lot of "Can't you take a joke?") as this is today's GOP, and the more vulgar Trump has gotten the more his numbers have improved. I've seen some people comparing the rally to Pat Buchanan at the 1992 RNC, but that America is dead. Today, Buchanan would be the nominee - and likely, President. 

More on the "friend" of Trump's who was waving a crucifix around.

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-childhood-friend-david-rem-msg-rally

The guy who was saying Harris is a prostitute.

Militant Scientologist Grant Cardone spoke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally today. This is the second time this month that Cardone has spoken at a Trump rally. Cardone and his wife, Elena, are among the most powerful Scientologists and are one of the few to have direct access to Scientology’s criminal leader, David Miscavige. The Cardones have donated over $30 million to David Miscavige’s war chest, which is used to fund operations run by Scientology’s global intelligence agency, the Office of Special Affairs. These operations, which include the use of private investigators and other agents, involve the harassment, surveillance, and destruction of people who have been declared enemies of Scientology. This includes survivors of Scientology, women who have been raped, journalists, and advocates. There is no such thing as a cafeteria Scientologist or a “reform” or “orthodox” Scientologist. Every Scientologist is deeply radicalized, militant, and is involved in all of the heinous behavior that Scientology engages in at the direction of David Miscavige.

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George Lopez? What is that even about? No.

It's okay to call something what it is: A disaster for Trump. Do I personally think this rally is the magic bullet that destroys his campaign utterly and leads to 400 electoral votes? No. We still have to win it next week and I think we will, based on current voting and polling. But he is not invincible, he's lost more than once and he's kept on losing. And this whole thing has imploded on him and may well impact him on the day. Regardless, the press is not going to turn around tomorrow and call it a free-spirited romp. We still have to be vigilant, but that's not happening.

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The usual whataboutism as he made jokes about Mexicans at a rally around the same time and it's already turning into, "why can he say something, but another comedian can't."

They always find a hook to divide and conquer. We're disgusted by what he said, and some in the press will feign disgust, but like the fascist stuff and so much else, I don't think it makes a difference in the overall narrative or the voters he's courting and possibly winning.

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I'm sorry, but no one in the mainstream is going to care about or even hear about right wing influencers pushing some random joke George Lopez made at some rally and equate that with this display. If I have no idea what that is, Joe Public has even less.

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