Donald Trump told a right-wing audience that this year would be the last time they have to vote. That was so crazy that even the mainstream media had to cover it.
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Donald Trump says so many crazy and disturbing things that the mainstream media barely bothers to cover it anymore. Many journalists, like most Americans, have grown so numb to the former president’s lies, incendiary rhetoric, and weird statements that it usually just washes over them when they hear something bizarre coming out of his mouth.
Every now and then, however, Trump says something that is so bafflingly nuts that even corporate media outlets pay attention.
That’s precisely what happened Friday night when the former president addressed the right-wing group Turning Point Action in Florida and told its members that they would not have to vote anymore in four years if they elect him to a second term.
“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” said Trump. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”
That’s some pretty crazy stuff to say out loud, even coming from the only president to have ever attempted a coup to stay in office. That, by the way, is the part most mainstream media outlets usually gloss over. However, just because a coup was unsuccessful doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a coup.
“I love you Christians. I’m a Christian,” said Trump, who doesn’t attend church, doesn’t know anything about the Bible, and leads a decidedly non-Christian lifestyle.
None of this matters to radical evangelicals, who worship the former president, which, if you know anything about Christianity, is kind of a no-no.
And, since they serve a purpose in Trump’s quest for power, he claims to love them as well.
“I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote,” he added. “In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”
The former president did not specify what, exactly, he would have fixed in 2028, and what will be fine. He also did not explain why this would be the last time Christians have to vote.
For those of us following Trump more closely, it is surprising whenever the media decides to actually cover his speeches… especially the crazy stuff he says all the time.
It would be easy, as so many of them have done, for news outlets to just ignore the things he said.
“Well, that’s just crazy Uncle Donald. You know he doesn’t mean it.”
The problem is that he does mean it.
Trump tells us all the time who he is and what he wants to do.
It’s refreshing that, for once, the corporate media actually seems to be listening.
