Five Points On How Trump’s Latest Endorsement Shows GOP Embrace Of Armed Militancy | Talking Points Memo

Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced his endorsement in the competitive Idaho Republican gubernatorial primary: Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who’s made a name for herself as the state’s second-in-command by repeatedly sidling up to armed militia groups and staking a far-right claim in state politics. 


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"Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts." – Benito Mussolini

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WWJS? Who Would Jesus Shoot?

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Gun. check
Flag. check
Bible. check

If she had a pie she’d fit the Zappa song about these idiots.

Nearly 40 years old and as timely as ever.

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Why aren’t Civil War re-enactments enough for these folks?

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Average Trump Voter: “Why, I’d shoot THAT uppity, socialist, peacenik ay-rab Joo in a heartbeat!”

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That’s fake blood, they want the real thing.

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Fake ammo is a buzzkill…

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As Josh Marshall notes in an editorial today, the Republican Party is increasingly electing nutballs, people that in a sane country would be considered un-electable. At some point, you’d think voters would figure it out, too.

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1-6 WAS a Civil War reenactment.

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People are electing nutballs because they are nutballs themselves.

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I believe we’re close to saturation level.

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Make—it—stop…

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Michelle Bachmann looks pretty sane now, amirite?

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Not to mention Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctionals.

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The problem with that snark is those folks would gladly come up with a list, ready to go.

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Only with more Q-Anon Shaman

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Do they have contacts now that make your eyes look sane?

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It’s has been like a life time where it was the oddly glassy, whirling, unblinking eyes that set them apart.

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