So, Here We Go

Nikki Haley is kicking off her campaign with the man who said Hurricane Katrina was punishment for gay rights. https://t.co/MyokLN9MU3

— Doug Gordon (@dgordon52) February 15, 2023

Yeah, that guy.  This is Haley's idea of a "new generation," or whatever she called herself in her announcement.

Speaking of blasts from the past:

During an interview with podcast host Jenna Ellis on Tuesday, Trump repeatedly and falsely claimed that Democrats "cheated" to steal the 2020 election.

"The word 'woke' is a very big word!" the former president opined. "Because it means a lot of things to a lot of people. But it also means a lack of freedom of speech."

Reflecting on his border control policies, Trump called himself "one of the most important presidents ever."

Being so important leads him, of course, to the Great Replacement Theory and unashamed white supremacists racism:

"I'm actually very nice, but you can't be too nice when you're trying to stop people from invading your country and destroying your country," he asserted.

"We have an election coming up, and it's truly going to be one of the most important elections," he added. "I think it's going to be a life or death election. I think it's either going to save our country, or our country is going to go into an abyss like nobody has ever seen."

The former president also took shots at former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) over their presidential aspirations.

"I call that disloyalty," Trump groused.

I honestly don't think Hagee is any less a fascist than Trump is; it's just interesting Haley and decided to pull Hagee out of mothballs and give him a spotlight again.  Except for that appearance in the 2021 post, I'd have thought he'd disappeared a decade ago.

Old times there are not forgotten.  They should be, or at least remembered so we can learn from them, not wish to preserve them in amber.  And just to remind you of how far we've come, or rather, haven't come:

John McCain in 2008 had to renounce his support from Hagee because of Hagee’s hateful rhetoric. He called the Pope the Antichrist and claimed Hurricane Katrina was God preventing a gay parade scheduled to be held in New Orleans. Will Haley have to renounce him now? https://t.co/y6OrX51pMq

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 15, 2023

Of course, she's competing with this:

Imagine being that deranged and that illiterate https://t.co/HKhBxk5PWc

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) February 15, 2023

But Haley will always (for now, anyway) have Ralph Norman:

New direction Republican Haley getting strong insurrectionist support https://t.co/zNdooYXS3i

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 15, 2023

This should be fun, right?