Tuesday, October 30, 2018

The Know Nothing President

Yesterday I noted that Trump had gotten two Twitter handles wrong when trying to push two Republican candidates.  I missed the fact that he also mislabeled "popular guy" businessman Denver Riggleman.



But wait. That's not all I missed.
President Trump tweeted a barrage of endorsements Monday night, throwing his support behind a handful of Congressional candidates he’s hoping make it to Washington and a few incumbents he’s hoping hang around. In the process, he committed some mindless errors that prove, even as November 6 approaches, he has no clue who he’s endorsing.

Trump’s first boner came when he attempted to endorse Denver Riggleman, the Virginia distillery owner who’s best known outside of his district for his “Bigfoot erotica.”

  New York Magazine
Is that why Trump thinks he's a "popular guy"?
In a tweet, Trump called Riggleman a congressman, which he isn’t. Republican Tom Garrett is retiring and Riggleman is the party’s choice to replace him. Trump also tagged the wrong Twitter account, giving some brief attention to an account with two tweets.

[...]

It wasn’t the only mulligan Trump needed. In a tweet that included endorsements for four Minnesota Republicans — two incumbents and two challengers — Trump flubbed the Twitter handles for half of them. As if it wasn’t insulting enough to split a four-way tweet endorsement.
I did note that he got the wrong Jason Lewis, but I missed that he picked the wrong Twitter address for Erick Paulson, because he apparently never realized or corrected that one.
Trump’s getting so bored of these tweets that he can’t even feign interest in the candidates he’s supposedly excited to support. On Monday, he sent five tweets endorsing individual candidates and the one multicandidate endorsement above. Only one, touting Iowa representative Rob Blum, evinced any knowledge of the candidate.

The rest were full of dull platitudes.
The Dull Platitude President.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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