Vice President Mike Pence at Fort McHenry in Maryland

Republicans Deliver Head-Spinningly Conflicting Messages

Sometimes in the same breath!

Here are our main takeaways so far from the Republican National Convention thus far:

1. President Trump alone can fix all the problems caused by President Trump.
2. President Trump is a human being: We mean it. Really! And then the first headline out from the Washington Post: “Pence and other White House aides painted a picture of a Trump we don’t see”. Really? That’s how we now measure the success of a leader? By what sycophants say about him? Not the behavior we witness plainly every day?
3. “Unemployment reached historic lows especially for black Americans”, says Presidential son Eric Trump et. al. So it’d be nice if everybody let up a little on the systemic racism and police misconduct thing. Because Trump’s already delivered a “cure”.
4. “With Donald Trump, you always know exactly who is in charge. Because the answer…is you”, says former Ambassador to Germany and acting Director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell. Right. Because as the President’s response to COVID-19 has shown us, we’re all on our own.
5. “The hard truth is you will not be safe in Joe Biden’s America”, says Vice President Mike Pence. Based entirely on events right now, in Trump’s America. Placing 100% of the…