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My Recap of Trump’s Inaugural Address
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I know there was a popular movement to boycott Trump’s inauguration. Don’t watch it. Watch something else. Don’t acknowledge it. Yada, yada. Well, you know me. I never follow the crowd. And I’m a firm believer in “know your enemy,” so I watched Trump’s inaugural speech, but skipped the rest of the ceremony.
And for some of you, I watched it so you didn’t have to.
You’re welcome.
I tuned in a little early. Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska (bet she could have withstood the freezing temps outside with no problem) was speaking. Just a couple of minutes of her monotone and I was wondering if Trump was falling asleep.
He was! Not just closing his eyes. Full on chin-on-chest. He kept jerking awake so of course I wondered if Vance next to him or Melania behind him was poking him to wake him up every time he slipped into slumber.
I gotta give Biden props. As far as I know, he never fell asleep during any important occasion.
On to Trump’s speech.
He opened in full projection mode. I know that he was trying to vilify Biden’s term in office and brag how he was going to fix it, but DAMN. Everything he said about Biden was a perfect description of his own first term. Every action he…
