The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Trumpster Diving
“So nobody has done more for Christianity, or for evangelicals, or for religion itself, than I have.”—Excerpt from Donald Trump’s interview with Gene Bailey on The Victory Channel, where “prophecy and current events align.” In short, if you’re going to lie, do it religiously.
“Jan. 6 was just a riot at the Capitol, and if you think about what our Declaration of Independence says, it says to overthrow tyrants.” That was Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s rewrite of reality in a recent appearance on a Steve Bannon podcast.
However this Jan. 6 inquiry plays out legally with the House and DOJ, this much is manifestly obvious: Steve Bannon is contemptible.
“100 percent”: The chance that Donald Trump will run again in 2024, according to former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus.
“(Marco Rubio) was saying (in 2015-16) that Donald Trump was unqualified, unfit to be president, and I applauded that, so I was shocked when he endorsed Donald Trump. And now he’s become more Trumpy over time, and he actually is emulating Trump and a lot of his cheap-shot attacks on the media.”—Former Rubio adviser Max Boot.
“Critical Race Theory is nothing more than state-sponsored racism, and it should be opposed by every American of every race, color or creed in every school in the land.”—That was former Vice President Mike Pence out on the GOPster hustings hoping to stay viable—just in case—for 2024. BTW, Pence has a new advocacy group: Advancing American Freedom.
Trick or Tweet: Yeah, that was Donald Trump doing a tomahawk chop at a World Series game in Atlanta on the eve of Halloween. Perhaps it was a nuanced “Stop the Steal” shout-out to his minions or a “Take that, left-leaning, indigenous tribes” message.
On his website, Donald Trump Jr. is selling T-Shirts ($27.99) with the tagline: “Guns Don’t Kill People, Alex Baldwin Kills People.” Despicable, even for a Trump.