The second night of the Republican National Convention was a who’s who of the GOP’s biggest losers. If you previously ran against Donald Trump in a primary, or were humiliated and debased repeatedly by the convicted felon, there was a very good chance you were speaking in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Tech broseph Stalin wannabe Vivek Ramaswamy started things off by telling America that in the face of all evidence to the contrary, the Republican Party loves Black and Latino Americans. The memo going out to GOP speakers, if they happen to be one of the few people of color, seems to be that they must say Republicans like famous racist landlord Trump are not racist.
Next up was the world’s most humiliated man, Sen. Ted Cruz. You might remember how Cruz called Trump a “sniveling coward” for attacking his wife and father? On Tuesday, Cruz came out to tell a terrible, and entirely fabricated, tale of how America is “facing an invasion on our southern border. Not figuratively. A literal invasion. 11.5 million people have crossed our border illegally under Joe Biden.” It isn’t true, but whatevs. Kiss that ring, Lyin’ Ted!
Then there was former Trump ambassador Nikki Haley. Haley took time away from pretending to have integrity and calling Trump “unstable and unhinged,” to receive a mixed reception from the RNC audience. She then bent the knee to the man who called her “BRAINDEAD” and “BIRDBRAIN,” and endorsed him. Always on brand, Trump didn’t even deem to clap for her ring kissing.
Ben Carson took time away from whining about people trying to cancel Dr. Seuss stories to expound upon how great a second Trump presidency would be. The man who Trump once said had a pathology similar to that of a “child molester” told the audience that ZZzzzzzzZzzzzz … sorry. Carson speaking just knocks you out.
The night of losers ended where losing nights always end: Florida. Sen. “Little Marco” Rubio and Gov. “Ron DeSanctimonious” gave speeches in support of the dear leader. Rubio, best known for justifiably calling Trump a “con artist,” did his best to genuflect to Trump, by whitewashing the racist origins of Trump’s “America First” campaigns.
DeSantis put on his best boots and showed the lack of charisma that led to his untimely exit from the Republican primary. Gone from his speech was the admission that Trump actually lost the 2020 election. In its place were attacks on President Joe Biden and revisionism. At one point DeSantis told the convention audience that the GOP supports “law and order, not rioting and disorder.” Anyone ever heard of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021?
In the end it made sense that Trump would parade his party’s biggest losers on the second day of the convention. They were there to tell Republican voters that not only did they lie when they called Trump all of those terrible things, they now believe he will make America “safe” again. Maybe most importantly, they now disappear from memory as Sen. J.D. Vance and Trump himself take center stage in the last two days of the convention.
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