Now Ear 👂 This

File under “The Trump GOP just makes s*^t up whenever it suits” https://t.co/1u2I5iO4i4

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 26, 2024

Is it...?

A) Sympathetic magic, i.e., saying it makes it so?, or

B) The rubes need their copium fix?

Trump has been fuming all day about FBI Director Chris Wray’s testimony that he may not have been hit with a bullet. He had Ronny Jackson issue a statement earlier, now Lindsey Graham is demanding Wray retract it. Story. https://t.co/AMV09NtuuP

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

Now another Trump toady, Senator Lindsey Graham, has taken it one step further by demanding in a letter to Wray that he retract his testimony and state publicly that a bullet nicked Trump's ear. Trump promptly posted the letter to his Truth Social account.

What is Lindsey Graham going to do when he doesn’t have Donald Trump to lamprey to?

Trump is so f*cking demented and twisted that he thinks the key to winning this election is making absolutely certain that everyone believes his ear was nicked with a bullet and not something else. That’s it. That’s his platform right now. Vote for me, I’m a war hero.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

They’re really serious about this.

Literally every right-wing account on Twitter right now is frantically posting to vouch for Trump’s ear wound. It’s a call to arms. Marching orders have been issued. It’s like a digital J6 Stop the Steal. All hands on deck, because THIS COULD DECIDE THE ELECTION!!!!

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

For all those who think Twitter influences elections, and influences real life.

And Kamala is his Kryptonite. pic.twitter.com/2M6heibuyF

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

And since his ear seems to have miraculously healed, he needs to regain some interest in it. Or in his bravery. Everyone knows it won’t be a memorial service for the man who died.

Is there any confirmation of this FBI statement? I can't find it.

— Writ Large (@Brett1231) July 26, 2024

Curious thing: it’s not here. Maybe it’ll show up later. Be interesting to know if this is confirmed without new information. Not that that will stop them:

Instead of grappling with the substance of what Wray testified under oath, Nancy Mace accuses him of having "Trump derangement system" and insist that "Trump literally took a bullet for our country. We know this." (We don't "know this") pic.twitter.com/2mchKk50GX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 26, 2024

It’s like they live in this little pocket universe where everything has to revolve around them or the sun’s gone out. ⛅️  The absence of Biden/rise of Harris has made the shooting last month’s news, but the GOP wants desperately to hang on to it.

Trump is so f*cking demented and twisted that he thinks the key to winning this election is making absolutely certain that everyone believes his ear was nicked with a bullet and not something else. That’s it. That’s his platform right now. Vote for me, I’m a war hero.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

It comes down to this.

ADDENDUM:

It seems to be the most important thing in the world to them for Trump’s ear to have been nicked by a bullet instead of glass. As if that’s the key to this election. pic.twitter.com/3gyPFGf9kP

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 26, 2024

It’s Ronny Jackson, so it’s not worth much, if anything. But this is the hill they want to die on, without releasing any information, but insisting you take their word for it.

The FBI is not involved in politics here (although it was 8 years ago when Comey reported on the investigation into Hillary). Wray reported what the FBI knew,, what it didn’t know was what the hospital records said. Jackson is an unreliable witness reporting what Trump wants reported, which may, or may not, be what the hospital recorded.

And Jackson is reporting his political opinion. While apparently speaking for the Trump campaign and the would-be Trump Administration. Which makes his statement even more interesting. They’re acting like this really matters; and it does.

It’s the only story, at this point, that they can control.