Sometimes I can’t bring myself to dive headlong into the swamp that is the misogynistic internet. So today I decided to take a look instead at a different sort of swamp — the Twitter hashtag #BidenWillNeverBePresident, where an assortment of Trumo dead-enders have decided to congregate and enjoy their collective delusions together.
You might think that, what with the Electoral College confirming Biden’s victory and all that, the MAGAs would have at least started to accept the reality of their situation, namely the fact that their God Emperor is a huge loser. Not a chance. It’s like they’re trying a sort of do-it-yourself version of The Big Lie — repeating their favorite lies about the elections endlessly and hoping this will transform them into the truth.
More than a few suggested that Biden’s alleged “treason” should be punished by a stay in Gitmo — or worse. Many thought that Biden’s supporters should also face jail, fantasizing about QAnon’s long-promised mass arrests.
Some called for Trump to declare martial law:
A few directed their wrath at, of all people, Mitch McConnell — for belatedly recognizing Biden as president-elect.
Others directed their ire at far-right “news” outlet Newsmax for its crime of accepting the results of the election.
Some worked their pet issues into their #BidenWillNeverBePresident rants.
Other Twitterers seemed to suggest that elections should be decided on the basis of who has the most Twitter followers — though if that were the case then Barack Obama, with more than 127 million followers, would easily push Trump out of the top spot.
And of course there were those who blamed the whole mess on — could it be? — SATAN.
It doesn’t matter if you “surrender” or not, MAGAs. Joe Biden was elected president fair and square and will be sworn in on January 20.
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They were calling Mitch McConnell “cocaine Mitch” today. I never did figure out why.
It’s a nickname he were given in the 2018 Senate race by Don Blankenship
Turtle used it to sell T-shirts this year. Made a decent wedge off them, too.
It seems like colombian authorities once found cocaine in a shipping container on one of the ships owned by his father in law’s company.
Someone is going to get killed over this. Someone is going to decide to “Fight back”. And since Biden and Harris are rather well protected now, it’ll be some mid or low level person…or someone not even involved in the slightest…that will get murdered because these death cultists are convinced they’re fighting for freedom or some such bullshit.
https://www.harriscountyda.com/former-houston-police-captain-charged-holding-repairman-gunpoint-bogus-voter-fraud-conspiracy?fbclid=IwAR2uY8I55saaLRBbDpWgBr1ruXeQNqlrdEuqRC1hvpIQj1da03V6Mq5iqgo
Oh jeez, that “stop the steal” logo sure isn’t subtle, huh? Sadly I can’t say I’m surprised.
Interesting, and on point for the usual topics here:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-america-abusive-relationship-exit.html
Am I wrong to be fearful for Joe Biden’s life? Or Kamala Harris’? Because these people have made enough blatant… oops… I mean “vague” threats to their lives and I am not 100% sure they’re just talking out of their asses.
Donald is a master at stochastic terrorism, and maybe he thinks if they’re dead then he can just hold on another X years.
*Off topic, but still by the way — the trumpkins are witnessing Donald doing *precisely* what they swore up and down that Obama would do in 2016, namely try to fabricate reasons to remain in the White House and stay in power despite the election.
In the first sentence, you describe Trump. By now, the world knows about this:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/a-timeline-of-donald-trumps-creepiness-while-he-owned-miss-universe-191860/
In the second sentence, you describe yourself.
OT, but who else is getting annoyed at the incessant Amazon propaganda? It’s on every TV channel, seemingly every single ad break, and all over mobile advertising as well. And there’s no other way to describe it but “propaganda”. The ad doesn’t attempt to sell any identifiable specific product or service. Instead, it’s all like “Please don’t hurt us, even though we’re a giant profiteer with abusive working conditions and terribly low wages, because you’ll also be hurting small businesses that have our stuff delivered to them sometimes!”
I suppose they’re in fear of being slapped with some sort of regulations or something to be basically asserting that they’ve got human shields like that.
Do you know who else was fond of using human shields to deter attack? Saddam Hussein.
Never seen any. Don’t have a telly and use a couple adblockers.
@Surplus to Requirements
I haven’t seen the Amazon ads, but I’m sure they’re hideous.
OTOH, I’m jazzed about what Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, is doing with her money:
MacKenzie Scott: ex-wife of Jeff Bezos gives away $4bn in four months
The 50-year-old, who was married to Amazon boss for 26 years, donates to Covid groups
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/16/mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-of-jeff-bezos-gives-away-4bn-in-four-months-amazon-covid
My main fear is how these people will react come January 20. It seems likely that unless Trump is sent to prison, he will try to present himself as some sort of government in exile and incite rebellion. I’m not particularly worried about Biden or Harris being killed because they have Secret Service protection, but I am expecting domestic terrorist attacks from Trump fans during the first few months. As a result, I also expect security to be at a maximum during the inauguration.
Re: Mitch McConnell, he’s now reaping what he’s sown. He helped build the GOP into a death cult, now he’s turned against that cult and is facing their wrath. I’m not sure if this will cost him re-election come 2026, it probably depends on how long of a memory his constituents and party have.
The Twitter followers argument is only the second-wrongest argument I’ve seen about how voting works, because I’ve also seen a number of videos where angry Trump fans explain that because most of the land on electoral maps looks red that therefore almost all the states are actually red states. It doesn’t occur to them that people, and not land, vote.
Hello everyone, Please sign my petition asking the MAGAs and their idiot president to move to #NewCalifornia and #NewNevada located on the trash island in the Pacific so they can start their own anti-democracy, racist, anti-mask nation.
(Don’t ❤️, SIGN and share!)
https://www.change.org/move-magas-to-the-trash-island-in-the-pacific
@Surplus
I haven’t seen an ad with that exact thrust, but I have been seeing a lot of “Amazon is such a force for good! We make people happy by existing, and are responsible for basically all the innovation ever, from space to cyberspace to meatspace!” ads that are not specifically selling anything.
I reckon it’s because FB is getting looked into for anti-trust reasons and Amazon is clearly next on the chopping block. It’s probably propaganda to stall the monopoly legalities in the first place, and in the second do a background boosting job on the opinions of any potential judges/juries.
Okay, I just saw the best description ever of the ‘Kraken’ mess of lawsuits over at Fred Clark’s Slacktivist blog:
The Coup Klutz Plan.
(The actual article, White Christianity, the First Amendment, and the intolerant barber, is about a case that attempts to claim that the Black Lives Matter plaza in Washington D.C. is a violation of the Establishment Clause because BLM is part of the ‘religion’ of Secular Humanism.)
LinuxLea,
Thanks. I’d missed that story.
athveg34f,
I’m more worried for Harris than Biden actually. The Q anon people think that the deep state plot is to kill of Biden after he’s sworn in and make Harris president and unsurprisingly, they hate and fear her more. Because they’re racist and misogynist.
I’m an old, still watch a lot of cable, and I’ve seen the commercial that Surplus is referring to. It pisses me off every time I see it; all I can think of is a non-funny reference to that one National Lampoon issue with the dog being held at gunpoint.
Here’s the kind of insanity Trump’s election fraud claims can lead to. A former Houston PD captain has been arrested after he forced a vehicle off the road and held the driver at gunpoint. He claimed the vehicle held 750 thousand fake ballots. Police found nothing but air conditioner parts and tools.
Former HPD Capt. Mark Anthony Aguirre charged with holding repairman at gunpoint in fake voter-fraud conspiracy – ABC13 Houston
You may soon be hearing talk of “Canada’s Jeffrey Epstein.” Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested on an extradition warrant to the US. He’s been charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy.
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Winnipeg under Extradition Act | CTV News
A job agency once offered me an interview with that company; then I looked it up and noped out. I hadn’t even come across the sexual accusations against Nygard: it was his obsession with funding research into human anti-aging tech and his boasts that he was going to become immortal that made me decide “not going to work for a Bond villain, even if I never have to meet him directly.”
Ah, I thought Nygård’s name looked vaguely familiar. The Guardian mentions he was born in Finland (but lived in Canada almost his whole life). No wonder if I’ve sometimes seen his name mentioned on Finnish media.
@Lumipuna, I obviously don’t know about Finnish media, but Canadian media often emphasises whatever Canadian connection, however tenuous, a celebrity might have. For example at the height of her fame you’d see mentions of Paula Abdul’s mom being Canadian, even though Abdul herself grew up in San Fernando in California.
tim gueguen – Yep, sounds familiar.
@tim gueguen
I would think in this case there would be some pains taken to maybe not claim him too eagerly as Canadian… be like all, oh, that’s the Finnish Jeffrey Epstein. Definitely the Finnish Jeffrey Epstein, haven’t you heard how Finnish he is, having been born in Finland?
And Finland would be like, not cool, man, not cool. That’s some Canadian Jeffrey Epstein right there.
Depending on what % of Republicans actually believe this, it could be nonsense, or it could be the “stabbed in the back” myth of betrayal of 1918 that German right wingers used to great effect, and lead to more violence than we’ve already seen.
Cool, they can form a KISS tribute band!