Some children manage to avoid taking on the worst personality traits of their parents. Donald Trump Jr does not fall into that category.
Hypocrisy is effectively a way of life for the Trumps and their fans. This is true of the MAGA obsession with law and order, even though their leader is a convicted felon and has several credible rape charges against him. It also is relevant considering Trump’s bullying, brash behavior, and his ability to play the victim at all times.
Now, Trump Jr. has shown he can be just as hypocritical as the rest of them. The former president’s son recently posted a message on X (formerly Twitter) in which he lamented having to explain to his kids that someone had tried to assassinate their grandfather.
Trump was the subject of an assassination attempt earlier in the year, an attack from which he suffered from a bleeding ear. On Sunday, potential gunman Ryan Routh was found with a rifle in close proximity to where the former Apprentice star was playing golf, at Trump International Golf Course in Florida.
Routh voted for Trump in 2016, and Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted the first killing of the former president, was also known to be conservative politically, as evidenced by those who knew him and his social media accounts.
Yet, lying and calling Routh or Crooks a “radical leftist” isn’t even the worst thing about this Trump Jr. post. As many pointed out in his replies, Trump Jr. was happy to make fun of political assassination attempts when they were against Democrats, namely the attempted killing of Paul Pelosi.
Pelosi was clobbered in the head with a hammer when an intruder broke into the home he shared with his wife, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. The attacker, named as David DePape, allegedly asked “where’s Nancy,” before attacking Paul.
DePape’s social media showed several links to Trump-supporting groups, as well as conspiracy-minded areas of the online MAGA ecosytem. Many of these groups believe the Pelosis are central to various crimes.
In the aftermath of the attack, conservative social media baselessly began claiming that the attack on Pelosi was a secret homosexual meet up gone wrong. Soon after, Trump Jr posted a meme featuring a hammer (the weapon that had been used in the attack), as well as the caption “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
So, it’s not hard to see why many people are calling out Trump Jr. If only he had the decency to care.
Published: Sep 16, 2024 04:41 pm