Give republicans minority control over Critical Issues like abortion. And the brawl on an alabama dock that launched a thousand memes. Why is this Fight Resonating so much and will the Folding Chair Wind up in a museum . We begin tonight with donald trump obliterating norms for his political and personal gain. Norms like rooting for your country on the international stage. Call it patriotism, fandom, however you want to characterize it, we generally root for the home team when american athletes compete abroad and we are sad with them when they lose. The defeats can be soul crushing, and a lot of stomachs churned on sunday when the u. S. Soccer team lost to sweden in the womens world cup. It was an agonizing moment for the topranked womens soccer team in the world especially when soccer star Megan Rapinoe missed a crucial penalty kick contributing to the loss and then Something Weird happened. Conservatives relished americas loss, expressing a maniacal glee over their and by their, i me
to trump especially when it comes to women so he trashed them, cheering the team s defeat claiming they lost because of wokeness, while somehow blaming biden for the whole entire thing. trump and his maga coalition specifically piled on megan rapinoe, the star athlete who has come to represent for them everything that s wrong with america, making her the latest casualty in the culture wars, and the latest example of the ethos of trumpism. trump s freakout isn t about winning or losing or even about soccer or football as everybody else in the world calls it. it s about blowing up norm, decency, as well assen stugzs that don t serve him. donald trump doesn t believe in anything, not least in fair elections. he unleashes the hounds on political opponents for not kissing his ring and just as he did when he was in the white house he is continuing to use his seemingly undiminished power over millions of americans to trash our system of justice. allow me to explain.