Republican In Name Only RINO

-

Donald Trump and Alina Habba one of his lawyers.

Politics is like a buffet. Very few people take a piece from all the food laid out. Asparagus for example. You know I will skip that. Cabbage salad is out of the question because it reminds me of eating it almost three days a week, growing up. I will definitely pick up anything with salmon.

Just like food, political party faithful don’t agree with everything their parties stand for, which brings us to what is called a RINO: Republican in name only, a term close to Donald Trump’s heart. To him, a RINO is a party member that believes Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square. To him, a RINO is someone who believes in the justice system. Liz Cheney, who wrote in Oath and Honor that Donald Trump knew he had lost the 2020 election, is definitely a RINO in Trump’s mind.

That brings us to who Trump thinks is a ‘genuine’ Republican. It would be U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who showed support for Trump on 14 May. This happened across the street from the court room where Michael Cohen was giving testimony at Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial. Michael Johnson became the proxy for Trump. The former president is sealed by gag orders. That’s why Michael Johnson rehashed everything Trump would have said himself. He was not alone. The following men, were part of the proxy entourage.

Vivek Ramaswamy, 2024 presidential candidate

Congressman Byron Donalds

Congressman Cory Mills

Tommy Tuberville U.S. Senator, Alabama

Doug Burgum, North Dakota governor

J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator, Ohio

Because of their loyalty, Donald Trump will not label them RINO, but it is temporary. He might change his mind if they don’t rubber-stamp his future schemes. Ask his former lawyer Sidney Powell.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

Blogger Without Borders

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Elections And Political Bullies

-
Image
Forget democracy.   It should be called political bullying. We are watching it in the prelude to the Canadian election on the 19 th of October, 2015.   Americans have also started their political bullying for the looming presidential election next year. So many trees wasted on books about democracy.   Some countries have big budgets for invading other countries ‘ to defend democracy’ but it is seldom practised in campaigning for elections.   Calling opponents names and printing flyers attacking each other is behaviour that will not be tolerated in kindergarten, but it is all legal, in campaigning.   It is irritating and such a let-down to the whole notion of democracy.   Grown-up men and women behaving like Grade One kids. It is also misleading because many voters believe it is real hatred.   Don’t let that fool you.   These politicians play golf together, attend the same dinner parties, eat and drink at the same social events, share jokes and cut deals in parliament.   They
Read more

Comfort Food As Regret Food

-
Image
Chicken curry. Comfort food is good for the soul, which usually bleeds in winter from icy roads, bad drivers that want to annihilate pedestrians, frozen fingers and toes that take a sabbatical.   What happened to my toes?   I thought I was wearing special socks for boots? We therefore have a right to comfort food which throws doctors’ orders out of the window and has no loyalty to calories.   No calculator on the table, thanks very much.   Piece of bread 5 calories, half a banana 10 calories, sugar-free cheesecake 2,000 calories.   Ah! Ah!  We only live once. Naw!   Comfort food is old school food with its compulsory second helping.   It involves licking fingers and giving a big sigh, about the good life, which is shelter, food, love and debt.   The problem is the zip.   The jeans remind you that comfort food can also be called you will regret food .   Home sweet home is even sweeter in winter after surviving blowing snow and bumper to bumper traffic. What is more welcoming th
Read more

No Air Miles

-
Image
I don’t have Air Miles.   I’m considering putting that on a T-Shirt because I cannot go to the drugstore (chemist) or coffee shop without the cashier asking me if I have air miles. We waited for about two minutes the other day, while this guy looked for his Air Miles card in his overweight wallet.   For what?   For a few points. I don’t have air miles because Mathematics is a foreign language.   I was never good in numbers. That is why I squashed the idea of being an investment banker very early in life.   I understand you can invest in cornfields before the soil is turned up or pork bellies even before a baby pig is born. That is how I view air miles, investing in tomorrow or the unknown.   I’m the dumb one.   Some people understand this air miles’ thing so well, I overheard one customer saying: I can even convert my points into cash. Points and air miles are the same thing in Canada and the U.S.   Drugstores or clothing stores even give you a card to collect point
Read more