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© Thomson Reuters 2021.Trump allies show fealty to former president with golden statue
By Steve Holland and David Morgan WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
71 Comments
theFu
Does the head bobble?
Is the statue 4 inches tall?
SuperLib
Is the statue meant to be taken seriously?
Garthgoyle
Like a cult worshipping their deities.
PTownsend
'ain't'. Multi-personality Cruz, a male who shape shifts depending on audience, pulled from his speakin'-to-the-common-folk's lexicon.
Says Cruz today. Second to Trump Cruz might be the most dishonest person in politics.
Trump didn't need to go on a tedcruise; it was warm in Mar a Lago so he could just stay home.
plasticmonkey
The GOP used to have an ideology. It may have been repugnant to some, but at least the Republican Party stood for something. Today’s GOP is just a nihilistic personality cult.
The weird irony is that Trump will drive more swing states and voters toward the blue.
BTW, Cruz and Hawley will never inhabit the WH. Butt kissers never get to the top.
dagon
You know, there is a book that these Trump supporters often cite, and I seem to recall some stories about their prophets warning against the worship of false idols, and a golden calf....Probably means nothing, like the rest of their twisted ideology.
Bob Fosse
I had to check I hadn’t been in a coma and woken up on April 1st.
What on earth are these people thinking?
Neither are you, except maybe on a sleazy photo op pulling up carpets and pretending to be useful.
OssanAmerica
LOL...the tie is too short, should be down to the crotch. And why the flip flops on his feet? An utterly psychotic image that reflects the mental state of these trump supporters. The GOP is dead. The party of Conservatives has become the party of rascists, terrorists and whackos. Sure made America great again. Good job.
Jsapc
Let's see, on one side there's a political group mostly comprised of rich white men (plus some women and a very occasional minority), and on the other a diverse group of white, latino, indian, asian and black men and women. I wonder which one is more likely to be bigoted? I reaaaaally wonder.... Hmmm.... Tough one... If only one of the groups was doing something blatantly racist, like actively trying to keep minorities from voting, it would be so much easier to identify them...
Jsapc
This is beyond parody now.
ulysses
Boy, there seems to be no bottom for self respect in the GOP.
The level to which these cowards are willing to debase themselves is mind boggling!!!!
Jsapc
You are aware he lost the House, the Senate and the presidential election, right? He looks pretty squashed to me.
tooheysnew
All faithful members of the Trump brown nose society
ulysses
Though donald in shorts isn’t exactly flattering for him!!!!
rainyday
Very tasteful and subdued piece of art, though I worry that it might clash too much with the statues of Jesus, WW2 Nazi memorabilia and broken whicker furniture from the 80s that are to be found in most Trump supporters living rooms.
Jimizo
There is a difference between attacking policies and record as a politician and posting insulting and demeaning trash about somebody’s spouse and idiotic, toxic conspiracy theories about someone’s father.
You do see this, don’t you? Do you pretend they are the same thing?
Midnight Sun Tribe
Ew. That is gross-looking.
And how appropriate, they gave him his favorite paper to wipe his backside with...
PTownsend
Trump merchandise on display. I wonder whether the statue was made in China, maybe by one of the Chinese corporations owned by a member of the Chinese Communist Party who's partnered with Ivanka, Jared, or maybe Trump himself.
Trump and his Republicans have learned which audiences believe their big lieS. Trump and his R's have got numerous far right media outlets pushing those big lieS.
ulysses
If they can create another statue of lindsey in Speedos it will be perfect!!!
Politik Kills
haha!! Me too. Makes the Dump and the GOP look like the gaudy, classless, tasteless clown show they are.
ulysses
It’s hilarious that don jr’s girlfriend kimberley spoke at the conference.
She was fired from her job for sharing pictures of people’s genitals, if that’s a conservative value where do I sign up????
Lazarus Knows
Last week, I asked what the difference between the GOP and the Nazi party was. I was told that was a silly comparison.
Today, CPAC’s very stage is shaped like a Nazi symbol, the odal rune.
It really is over for the GOP. It has become a racist, fascist cult.
Ah_so
Is that a statue of Bart Simpson?
PTownsend
Not surprising the Trump Republican congress members at the conference have claimed they're too sick to attend to congressional business back in DC. When in fact they're down in the warm Florida sun cavorting with their far right base. That just reaffirms the charge they have no values, nor principles and no power to implement anything much. No power because they're more loyal to their Qanon-ish followers and their Trump than to the republic.
ulysses
The CPAC is a collection of bigots who anyhow voted for donald last time.
This conference will not win him one new vote, he will lose quite a few......
lucabrasi
... and don’t forget the odd trip to Cancun....
rainyday
No better way to shed that “cult” label than by building a gold statue of your leader for all his followers to worship.
GdTokyo
The “party” has no platform beyond serving Trump. They didn’t bother to write one.
They made a golden idol of Trump. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d type.
They repeat the Big Lie over and over.
This is literally the definition of a cult.
But there is cause for hope; among my daughters’ Gen-Z, the most educated and diverse in American history, the GOP is weapons-grade plutonium-level radioactive. Membership in the GOP is cratering as people who are not cultists say “enough.”
And finally, Trump is facing potentially double-digit indictments in multiple jurisdictions at both the state and federal level.
Jsapc
You realize that's no an actual platform?
Apart from "We have to cancel cancel culture" and "The liberals are crazy!", what exactly is the GOP's plan for America's future? Economic ideas, foreign policy, infrastructure...?
PTownsend
Those who identify as Republicans are a minority of Americans. 70% of that minority is not enough to win the White House in a fair election. That's one reason Republicans are going even harder after restricting voting rights.
The Trump regime helped the wealthiest get wealthier. Look at how well Jared and Ivanka did working for daddy. Trump left behind an economy that continues to devastate middle class and blue collar workers.
u_s__reamer
The faux gilt "Big Boy" Potus is a hilarious piece of kitsch Americana to remind us of the tacky, tasteless Trump. The artist would reportedly like to see it housed in The Donald Trump Presidential Library! Question is will there be room for it squeezed among all the tweets?
Jsapc
You are citing conservative ideas in general, but not the actual 2021 GOP platform.
Are you actually under the impression that "online voting" somehow exists for american elections?
No they didn't. Trickle-down economics do not work and never will.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/
Lazarus Knows
Right on cue, Republicans care about debts and deficits the instant a Democratic President is elected.
lincolnman
CPAC is now nothing but a complete and utter clown show...each speaker gets up and struts through some beyond nutty culture war/grievance politics speech that makes about as much sense as MTG and her Jewish funded space lasers...
There's no values, there's no principles - it's all lies, hate, and victimhood - with a splash of adoration for a washed-up reality TV host and insurrectionist...
Hey Ted CanCruz, were you telling us something in 2016 when you said; "Donald, you're a sniveling coward"....????
Tune in to CPAC to tomorrow night, the Q Shaman will lecture on pedophilia and the best place to buy a fur hat and horns...
Jimizo
Very tacky and ridiculous statue.
Fitting.
I see Flyin’ Ted was kissing Trump’s backside despite Trump posting unflattering pictures of his wife and accusing his dad of being part of the JFK assassination.
Lazarus Knows
Your example of “a platform beyond Trump” is “make Trump the leader”?
Okay.
itsonlyrocknroll
A statue of former president Donald Trump is on display at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, in Orlando, Fla.
What on earth possessed someone in there wildness nightmares to produce such an appalling gaudy effigy.
All that glisters is not gold, is an understatement.
lincolnman
I hear Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz have been selected to introduce Trump on Sunday....
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's our privilege and pleasure to introduce to you someone I (Graham) have said was a race-baiting xenophobic bigot, an idiot, and ISIS Man-of-the-Year....and someone I (Cruz) called utterly amoral, a serial philanderer, a pathological liar, and a sniveling coward...
Someone who lost more Americans during his tenure than any President since Lincoln, who led an insurrection against our center of democracy, who presided over the loss of the House, Senate and White House...
Yes, our hero and the leader of our Party, Donald J. Trump"...
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 11:39 am JST
No, no... you see, you wrote "Joe" when you clearly meant to write-... oh, never mind.
starpunk
This is total idolatry. It's officially a CULT now. and this IDOL is the ugliest thing I have ever seen, it's so grossly sickening to even look at. So damn repulsive! MELT THIS HIDEOUS HUNK OF JUNK.
Stewie
No matter what, he will always be remembered as the man with the blood of 500000 on his hands. End of story.
ClippetyClop
Aw, look at his cute likkul hands and his enormous shovely feet.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 08:23 am JST
It does look like it belongs right up your alley.
stormcrow
Idol worship is alive and well in the Republican Party. How can the so called Moral Majority or Christians support this kind of idol worship? It's easy to see how these people could support a dictatorship, and a really bad one at that.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 10:59 am JST
Hm. How does one get into Joe creating as a career, then? It sounds lucrative but I'm not sure how to make a Joe.
PTownsend
Trickle down is another myth told by plutocrats to a poorly educated base who for whatever reason want to believe the bosses care about them, and that the good things the bosses keep promised will come to them if they just trust and obey. And then the plutocrats outsource their jobs.
dagon
Never disappointing with the Trumpian word salad, praising the tired myths of trickle down economics and job creators. When companies getting massive tax breaks stop having full time workers still needing side work or public assistance maybe you can point to some of those happy employees, but that did not happen under Trump.
ulysses
The speaker include don jr, kimberley, ted, matt....
Instead of a conservative conference, shouldn’t it be called petty criminals and pervert’s conference???
GdTokyo
Prey tell, produce said platform. There is none.
He’s going to jail as are MANY of those who participated in the insurrection.
NOMINATION
Looks like something those living in their parents' basement will try to tear down. Following that, they will loot and burn down the entire facility including this.
bass4funk
When you're not in power of course, but with the Dems slim margin in the House and the rate that they are ticking off people, the GOP might even gain seats in the House. Even Nancy and Chuck are deeply worried about that.
Yeah, Mueller thought so, he's going to be impeached, convicted and removed, they tried that twice. Yeah, we keep hearing this....
bass4funk
People can put their differences aside. Joe and Kamala did. Warren, Schultz and Bernie did. So....
bass4funk
Yes, but not conservatives
Funny, Do you need an ID to get on the plane, to enter the White House, when you’re filing your taxes, everyone has the right to vote and they should all be paper ballots, nothing should be online anymore for anyone cut that out and you will cut down on voter fraud.
of course, and the job creators passed it on down to the middle class into their employees and this is why the unemployment was so long and this is why small businesses were doing so well and raking in big bucks, everyone was happy, so I do think Joe creators should get and make a lot of money, they also tend to have happier employees as well.
Dems would rather take all that away, but instead of offering incentives they want to put small businesses out of business by wanting to raise the minimum wage to $15 which now has some Opposition even by some Democrats, wise.
bass4funk
Fantastic! They're not wanted anyone. The best part is, Romney was disinvited.
No, the far-right was left in DC which is perfectly legal and they should.
bass4funk
Yup, those are all true, but to expand on your question. Lower taxes, deregulation, more incentives to small businesses, refortify the border, stop illegal immigration, empower more the middle class, focus on American first, ensure energy independence....
bass4funk
Liberals would indeed say that.
They have and they do, they're just not in power now to implement them.
bass4funk
They absolutely do and that is to move far away from the establishment Republicans as fast as they can and to be the voice of the American middle class and blue collar worker. Over 70% of registered Republicans want Trump to lead the party, so yeah, Trump isn’t going anywhere.
bass4funk
Not trusting, that's just a matter of fact. I think liberas are just scared that every tactic that was used to squash Trump didn't work and now at CPAC he's more popular than ever, but yeah, even the establishment Republicans are worried and jealous.
bass4funk
Liberals can't say anything when it comes to bigotry their entire policies are made up around gender and identity politics, they use race and gender at every available opportunity and their record is not a good one at all when you break it down, so these people are the last people that should call an entire group of people bigots.
Quite the contrary, that's why the establishment Republicans are extremely worried, no wonder they weren't invited.
bass4funk
As well, as the Democrat party and big tech
That's why the new GOP is growing because of the diversity in races, religion
When you drive through the minority communities in each Blue State that heavily supports Democrats, not tough at all frankly.
bass4funk
Love it! ROFL
And the Dems thought they could erase him from the GOP and the party, they failed.
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/over-70-of-republican-voters-want-their-lawmakers-to-be-more-like-trump/