At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday, former President Donald Trump gave a rambling speech late into the night in which he demanded Democrats drop criminal investigations against him, pushed 2020 election conspiracy theories and said Democrats are ācheating on elections,ā erroneously claimed that immigrants are ācoming from mental institutions and insane asylums,ā and cracked incoherent jokes about Hannibal Lecter.Ā On Friday morning, many front-page headlines bought the campaignās preemptive spin that Trumpās speech would be one of āunityā and healing.Ā The speech hit many of the usual notes heard from the former president over the last nine years, but media outlets spent the week previewing the Trump campaignās spin that his speech would aim to unify and ābring the country together,ā suggesting that the attempt on Trumpās life last weekend had turned him into a more āsereneā person. Despite the reality of the former presidentās remarks Thursday night, many newspaper front pages on Friday morning ran stories highlighting Trumpās recounting of the recent assassination attempt and claiming that his convention speech was āsomber,ā āunifying,ā and āhealing.ā
Hearing a stream of mumbling (un)consciousness from the convicted felon and racist rapist is a truly unifying and healing to the worst of this nation, I guess.
Iām visiting family and Iām around one right now that thinks Trump is misunderstood. I almost asked what I misunderstand about an insurrection, but didnāt. Itās difficult š„