The Michigan–Ohio one-upmanship at the RNC continues with Kid Rock jamming like he’s about to take the fight to the Buckeyes with nothing but a fedora and bedazzled cross necklace.
Milwaukee — Holding a sign that reads ‘Fight the Racist and Reactionary Republican Agenda’ and wearing a shirt depicting Trump in green underdrawers and clown makeup, a protester tells me that he’s standing in heaven and that over the bridge (the RNC) is Hell. A fundamentalist brimstone crier glares at him from behind a folding table out of frame.
I was not expecting the classic deep-voiced narrator to declare, “now we have the Barney Fife of border security.”
“The Barney Fife of border security.” Now I wonder how many viewers of this video know who Barney Fife was.
Does Donald Trump really need a biographical video at this point in his political career? Is there anybody out there who thinks they needed to hear about how Trump got started in New York City again?
You don’t need me to tell you that Melania is one gorgeous woman.
Milwaukee — GOP staffers smoke and scroll Twitter under a speaker blaring the brotherly benediction of Hulk Hogan. Police farther down the block laugh with evident delight as they watch Hogan’s antics through a bar window.
Eric Trump promises that, in a second Trump administration, “our Children will have values” and “our children will love god.” A noble goal, though some more secular parents might object to the latter. Nevertheless, objectives that are slightly beyond the reach of any White House.
Milwaukee — Abandoned signs at the protest park demand justice for D’Vontaye Mitchell, who is alleged to have locked himself in the Hyatt’s women’s room and died while being restrained by hotel security. The toxicology report has yet to be published by the Milwaukee medical examiner.
“My father built the NYC skyline,” from Eric Trump, is a bit of an overstatement.