Dionne: The New Celebrity Populism

Since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump has seized headlines with a series of alarming appointments for his incoming administration. Many lack the basic qualifications for their respective posts; nearly all can be fairly characterized as MAGA loyalists. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former TV personality and failed Republican Senate candidate, is among the more heavily scrutinized picks—and for good reason.

Fox News host and ridiculous Trump nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not give a definitive answer when asked by the press if he sexually assaulted a woman in Monterey, California in 2017. Hegseth's response was as lawyerly as could be. "Did you sexually assault in Monterey California?" a reporter asked on Capitol hill. "As far as the media is concerned, I'll keep this very simple," Hegseth replied.

Creepy MAGAts are coming out of the woodwork to comment on Matt Gaetz pulling out of his Attorney General nomination. King of the Creeps Alex Jones tried to normalize Matt Gaetz having sex with an underage girl and then paying her off to silence her as a normal day at the office for MAGAts. In Jones' diseased brain, Gaetz having sex with teenage girls makes him a stud. I fucking kid you not.

On Bannon's seditious podcast platform, the Georgia QAnon Klan Mom was bummed out that the many alleged sexual encounters Matt Gates had with underage girls, as well being hated by most Republicans ultimately sank his nomination. A typical retort or defense to immorality, depravity, and criminality within the MAGA cult is often responded to by juvenile claims that other people do it too. Marge is 100% confident there are more creeps in Washington.

Except biologically speaking buddy… you’re not.

Why do the CBO and other supposed experts continue to say tax rate cuts cost the government money when history shows otherwise?