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PA MAGA Gov nominee Doug Mastriano rally: “Put your right hand in the air … America will have a new birth of liberty.” pic.twitter.com/UfcLDNoJD4
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 18, 2022
This is deeply, deeply weird. It really is Jonestown-level stuff. These people are worshiping a real estate developer from Queens who can barely hold a thought in his head.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 18, 2022
This is beyond un-American. It’s psychotic. https://t.co/VuZMVECCyP
The escalation of the last several months stands in stark contrast with the days of 2018 and 2019, when the White House tried to create an aura of distance between the then-president and the conspiracy theory that handpicked Trump as its Messiah: https://t.co/b3GAfFblIk
— Nicole LaFond (@Nicole_Lafond) September 19, 2022
Change the caption and this could be a US propaganda poster from WWII. https://t.co/Ly1Q32Hr8w
— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) September 18, 2022
“loyally follows the one true leader” …. Yup, sounds totally American https://t.co/Bozjpnn0oF
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 18, 2022
Agreed. That rally was much more about Trump in a full-out panic than anything else. https://t.co/XlWrwxCafK
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) September 19, 2022
“It seems to be very deep in the mainstream press’s DNA to strain for equality when none exists” — @Sulliview https://t.co/RmJeuDkAH5
— Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) September 19, 2022