It’s Good To Be King 👑

Mary Ann Mendoza’s speech has been pulled from tonight’s convention programming, CNN has learned.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 26, 2020

What was their first clue?

“Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world.” https://t.co/6SDmPxEcp4

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) August 25, 2020

Is this because Pompeo is speaking from the King David Hotel in Jerusalem tonight?

If the Three Wicked Smaht Ladies are correct, Pompeo is going to speak from the roof of the King David Hotel. Nice staging.https://t.co/UlfNxaShR8

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 26, 2020

Or did the Elders of Zion get to the RNC?

This was a speech against nepotism. pic.twitter.com/Kgdqwv2mTF

— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) August 26, 2020

The conspiracy is working!

A lot of these lines would prompt huge cheering/booing in a large room of RNC delegates, and they sound oddly flat and bizarro-world clinical in a direct-to-camera quiet address.

— Ryan Koronowski (@koronet) August 26, 2020

Liberal media is out of control.

Also, I guess the people watching Fox don't need convincing. https://t.co/SDyjW4qXjN

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 26, 2020

But a question in the back: "What is an 'unsolicited ballot'?"

He know he’s losing https://t.co/QIH6rbN3RO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 25, 2020

And what state has a population of 80 million registered voters?  Or is that part of the Jewish conspiracy, too?

Good point on NYT live chat via @arappeport -- it's not just the venues + the pardon + a naturalization ceremony.

No masks here shows Trump "taking advantage of the expansive Covid testing capacity at the WH to create the impression that we are in a post-pandemic world."

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) August 26, 2020

Watched the naturalization ceremony (sound off) noticed it was a carefully curated set if nationalities calculated to call up an adult version of “It’s A Small World.” And they were grouped together while Trump kept his distance. And, of course, not a mask to be seen.

NARRATOR: The entire stunt was in violation of the law. https://t.co/J8x3ETjuiS

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 26, 2020

See? Two final, related points:

Melania, like Larry Kudlow, is speaking about Covid-19 in the *past* tense.

More than a thousand people died from Covid in the U.S. today.

Again.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 26, 2020

And:

This is so obviously, blatantly, insultingly a Hatch Act violation that it's starting to seem like the Trump administration is going out of its way to find new ways to violate the law. https://t.co/wOQnWl1wO4

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 26, 2020

Yeah, well, when you have the DOJ in your hip pocket...