As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity | Opinion Shame is what keeps us in check, or at least it should. It certainly used to. Trump, devoid of shame, has gone to great lengths to eviscerate that societal check.
Portrait of Rex Huppke
USA TODAY
On the eve of Donald Trump’s election certification, the best thing sensible Americans who oppose him and the MAGA leadership can do is remember that stupidity should be embarrassing.
Trump exists in our political sphere because he persuaded people to forget that simple fact. He somehow turned dunderheads like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and, of course, himself – public figures who routinely utter abject nonsense – into people who get taken seriously.
Following the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day, Trump ranted about immigration when the suspect killed in the attack was a U.S. citizen. That was stupid and unhelpful. For a president-elect and elected leaders who protect him, it should be deeply embarrassing.
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Poster Comment:
On day one in the Oval Office in 2017 Trump reversed ALL of Obama's unlawful Executive Orders. Now he needs to reverse George W. Bush's E.O. that created the Great War on Terror so the Constitution is no longer suspended, and the Writ of Habeus Corpus can be used to get those poor souls released who have languished in prison since the J6 events in 2017.
Rex Huppke seems to be a confirmed Never Trumper.