Meyers said that the other reason the GOP alternative universe is so absurd is that Trump continues to be the country's most unpopular president.
"He never won the popular vote, he lost by 7 million votes in 2020. He never once cracked 50 percent job approval. And now, he spends his time barging into weddings to rant about voter fraud. It's the most embarrassing thing to happen at a wedding aside from your mom making you slow-dance with her when you're 13."
Meyers showed a supercut of Republicans lying about the Jan. 6 attacks and attempting to downplay the seriousness of it, despite 140 police officers being sent to the hospital. One constant lie from the GOP is that the attackers at the Capitol weren't armed. The Justice Department and FBI confiscated quite the collection of guns and weapons that day. There's also the matter of dozens of videos that show the weapons that the insurrectionists brought into the building.
"Even if it were true, that's not very comforting," Meyers explained. "If a burglar breaks into your house with baseball bats and smashes all your belongings and steals all your money it wouldn't exactly make you feel better if the cops were like, 'Hey there are worse things in life! Eric Trump is just out there hugging people in the street!' Second, peaceful tour groups don't generally have British correspondents following them around as they smash barricades, break windows, attack police officers, and vandalize offices. If it really was a normal tourist visit that report would have been a lot less dramatic."
He went on to specifically call out Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for saying that if the insurrection really was "armed" then "boy you really have a bunch of idiots."
"Here's an idea," proposed Meyers, "maybe both are true! Stupid people also make plans. Have you ever seen an empty Dave and Busters? Maybe it was a planned insurrection and they were idiots. I mean, one dude was dressed like a f*cking Viking. If you barged into my house I'd still be terrified but if somebody barged into my house dressed like Tom Hanks I'd still be terrified! And everyone loves Tom Hanks!"
This, he explained, is why a commission is necessary so that myths like Johnson's can be busted and there can be an effort to ensure it never happens again.
Scampupa on May 20th, 2021 at 06:35 UTC »
Israeli here. I am 95% sure this ass hole caused war to stay in power. a lot believe it as well.
edit: I see some comments here asking questions about what is next - will dickenyahu go down and "how he caused war?".
legitimate questions my friends.
here is a video by Or-ly Barlev - an independent journalist.
a 38 minutes long video in hebrew - with english subs. they work good enough.
she talks about how bibi has pretty much made a mess from this country, and linked it pretty accuratley to the chain of events (which she explains) and how it lead to the current situation.
left or right wing - the lady speaks mostly STRAIGHT UP FACTS. i can not vouch for every single thing she mentions in the chain of events as i was not involved in some occasions in the shitty politics in israel and did not research everything she says.
the main hit point for me regarding bibi starting this messed up war, is that Ben gvir - an extreme right wing member(a huge fat ass hole), advised bibi to start a military operation to dismiss the new coalition formed by Lapid.
that made me realize how dark this shit is
seedstarter7 on May 20th, 2021 at 05:27 UTC »
"That's preposterous," Netanyahu insisted before telling a story about a soldier who "died in my arms."
RogrMellie on May 20th, 2021 at 04:20 UTC »