Donald Trump pivots to the general election: Bats in the NRA belfry edition
Now that Donald Trump has dispatched with his many Republican adversaries, he is ready to pivot to a kinder, gentler, more reasonable version of Donald Trump that might have some prayer of winning American voters who are not particularly insane themselves. What better way to do that than a speech to the National Rifle Association?
[NRA executive director Chris Cox] told the crowd that dishonesty, corruption and contempt for everyday Americans has hit its breaking point, warning that if gun owners don’t show up to the polls in droves this fall, “We will witness the end of individual freedom in this country.” [...]
Wayne LaPierre, NRA’s executive vice president, energized the crowd, asking if attendees were “ready to send Hillary into retirement? Or maybe an orange jumpsuit.” [...]
“We in this room, we are America's best hope, and this is our moment. In all of history, there's always been a time and a place when patriots stand up and rise up against the decree of the elites and shout, ‘No more! Get your hands off my freedom!’” LaPierre said.
Goodness, those will be tough acts to follow. But Donald Trump is no stranger to the bubbling froth of white guy paranoia, and bravely stood up in front of America's most prolific pants-soilers to tell them whatever bullshit might help them sleep worse at night.
Donald Trump on Friday called Hillary Clinton “the most anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment” presidential candidate to ever run for office and likened her posture on the issue to that of a dictator.
Nothing to see here, just an everyday, run-of-the-mill political speech by a serious candidate to his fellow serious Americans. Ignore the Three Stooges music in the background; pay no attention to the Zoidbergesque whoop-whoop-whooping sounds as our Republican candidate sprays ink into the audience to confuse and disorient potential predators.
"If she gets to appoint her judges, she will abolish the Second Amendment," Trump told an enthusiastic crowd. "In my opinion, that's what she's going to go for."
And in my opinion Wayne LaPierre is the world's least fuzzy werewolf, if we're just going to blurt out whatever comes into our minds. Oh, and he smells like cigarette smoke and Hot Pockets.