“Live from Rikers Island prison…”

| 3:55 pm EDT June 5, 2024
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There are some specific political stories that are just stories. This story is not one of them. You see, my friends, there are those occasional OTHER stories that are NOT in fact merely stories, they’re actually Twilight Zone episodes. This story is one of them.

RNC Chair Michael Whatley has acknowledged that Donald John Trump, convicted felon and traitor to America, might get prison time. Whatley spoke to ultra-conservative Newsmax on Tuesday. What he said sure raised some eyebrows.

Whatley told Newsmax that the RNC convention is “looking for event space at Rikers.” Pause. Breath. Laugh. So how does that work?

“Hello, America! Live from Rikers Island, it’s the Republican National Convention!” The camera cuts to a convicted felon in an orange Jumpsuit. And because Republicans often dutifully copy their dear leader, perhaps they will done the orange to support their hero.

Instead of lavish refreshments, bread and water might be served. “We’re working on that right now,” Whatley explained. “We will make whatever contingency plan we need to make for it.” CONTINGENCY PLAN? Would these morons actually GO LIVE FROM RIKERS?

There are a few things to unpack here. It’s doubtful Rikers would allow hundreds of Stepford Republicans to march in, camera people in hand. Something tells me the prison would have something to say about that. Secondly, do they have any idea what a horrific image that would would be?

That is why I hope that they do it. I mean, I can search over the hills and far away, but I cannot think of anything, not one thing, as humiliating as this for the GOP. This story is a surreal gray dream scape, a twilight zone with insanity as vast as infinity. This is what the GOP has been reduced to. HOW CAN THEY NOT KNOW HOW INSANE THEY LOOK?