The GOP Is Not A Cult

MAGA has Jesus paid for our sins. pic.twitter.com/f6rn6zlIeb

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 18, 2024

Nope. Not at all. Certainly not a misogynistic cult:

Trump, who unleashed abortion bans that force teenage girls to give birth against their will, walks out at the RNC to “It's A Man's World” pic.twitter.com/G1FC7agz63

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 18, 2024

Or a culty cult:

Twenty years ago, some Republican convention delegates wore Band-aids on their faces to mock Democrat John Kerry's purple heart. Now they're wearing bandages on their ear to celebrate Donald Trump. https://t.co/269RmhY9ij

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) July 17, 2024

Not until Trump markets gold ear bandages, with his name on them. And they sell. It is, after all, not a very bright cult.

You can’t say the heroes at Normandy were facing down fascism, because then a Republican convention nowadays would start booing them. https://t.co/XMwJiPJYDi

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) July 18, 2024

(The Communist USSR was an ally at that point.)

Navarro: A whole army of illiterate illegal aliens stealing the jobs of black, brown, and blue-collar Americans pic.twitter.com/GiOltwtTZm

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 17, 2024

Who are also illiterate? (Why would illiterate immigrants be taking jobs that require literacy?) Or do they want their food to cost more?

sounds deplorable https://t.co/YvBPNMFNvX

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 17, 2024

Meanwhile: Unity!

The RNC just included part of this clip, in which an Ole Miss fraternity member made monkey gestures at a Black woman, in its programming, praising how "not all college students have gone woke." https://t.co/UDwjayEaTl

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) July 18, 2024

Donald does not seem too interested in Junior’s speech. pic.twitter.com/p1DoqUxQ4l

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 18, 2024

I’m sure this time he’s praying  (There was an earlier attempt to dispute the previous picture of Trump with his eyes closed because he was joining in the prayer.🙏) 

And why I am NOT watching the convention:

Okay, this is ridiculous. Per @MarkJacob16, even some on MSNBC are describing Trump as "humbled by events." Stop this. You have to have a *real metric* for determining whether Trump has actually changed or not. Here's my suggestion for one: https://t.co/RgQbeiimra

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) July 16, 2024

This is unbelievable. On the same night the RNC distributed "mass deportation now!" signs, NBC anchors praised the GOP for toning down their rhetoric.

The media is actively trading in our democracy for higher ratings, folks. pic.twitter.com/mhfuMMGELE

— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) July 18, 2024

More quality content from CNN as they walk us down the dark road to a Trump Autocracy. pic.twitter.com/5SQMqE7Ra2

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 18, 2024

And then there is the Democratic cult of “Anyone But Biden”:

this unnamed senator should be arrested and booked for smoking crack https://t.co/Ve9QR0lih5

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 17, 2024

I sometimes wonder how Democrats in D.C. can find their asses with both hands and a flashlight.🔦