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Hotler

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Wed Oct 8, 2025, 09:59 AM Oct 8

Trump can't take a joke. Democrats need to use that. MSNBC opinion Aug. 7, 2024

(snip) “These guys are just weird,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said last week on “Morning Joe.” That label has stuck ever since, to the right’s frustration and fury. Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has se

(snip) For scholars of authoritarianism, the success of “weird” is no surprise. That’s because humor has long been one of the most effective weapons of anti-authoritarian politics. Behind the facade of their omnipotence, most strongmen are brittle and insecure personalities. They don’t mind being called evil, but being ridiculed is a different matter.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-jd-vance-tim-walz-weird-maga-authoritarians-rcna164669

The fascist are thinned skinned big time. We need to exploit that. The orange one has small hands, Kristy Kreme as huge feet and MAGA males are short on masculinity. Let your creative sarcasm fly.

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