The 2024 Republican National Convention has officially wrapped with the certification of convicted felon Donald Trump as the Party’s presidential nominee. And few observers will dispute that it was everything that it promised top be: A festival of angry, racist, cult followers devoted to an aspiring authoritarian and make-believe messiah.

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Trump’s closing speech was notable for its interminable 90 minute length (the longest ever), it’s abundance of lies, its overt bigotry, and it’s extraordinary sedative effect. Convention delegates were seen nodding off or leaving early as the speech extended until past midnight without offering a single policy proposal or any solutions to real problems that the American people care about. And home viewers, the ones who stayed up, were similarly unimpressed…

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Instead, Trump spent an hour and half tearing down the country, denigrating the institutions that provide benefits to its citizens, and exalting himself with delusional portrayals of his term in office that is best remembered for COVID mortality, tax cuts for the rich, job losses, and hate speech.

Jordan Klepper of the The Daily Show was among those who noticed just how awful this convention was. He focused part of his monologue on the roster of speakers for the affair. But even more significant, were the people who were prominent in the Trump administration who didn’t bother to show up. And not because they were otherwise engaged. Klepper noted that…

“The campaign for president is basically one big job interview. The convention is where America checks the candidate’s references. And to be sure, there were plenty of people willing to vouch for Donald Trump. He’s got ex-cons, domestic abusers, fake wrestlers, fake friends, his children, people sleeping with his children, and of course, the esteemed mayor of Whoville.

“But if this is a job interview, it’s worth noting who we didn’t see: Most of the people that actually worked with him at the White House. And if American is gonna do our due diligence, we might as well call our references to hear what they have to say about him.”

Whereupon, Klepper played a montage of some of the top appointees in the Trump administration who are repulsed by him and regard him as a danger to democracy. For instance…

• Mike Pence: Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president.
• Mark Esper (Secretary of Defense): I think he’s unfit for office.
• John Bolton (National Security Adviser): Richard Nixon looks like a choir boy next to Donald Trump.
• Ty Cobb (Trump attorney): The greatest threat to democracy that we’ve ever seen.
• Mick Mulvaney (Chief of Staff): He failed at being the president when we needed him to be that.
• Gen. Mark Milley (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff): A wannabe dictator.
• Bill Barr (Attorney General): He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.
• Gen. John Kelly (Chief of Staff): A person with nothing but contempt for for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.
• Gen. Jim Mattis (Secretary of Defense): The president has the understanding of a 5th or 6th grader.
• Rex Tillerson (Secretary of State): He’s an F’ing moron!

The RNC was filled with people vouching for Trump, but what about the people who actually worked with him? pic.twitter.com/WTMBfOgEdn

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 19, 2024

These are not the criticisms of partisan Democrats. They are warnings from the people that Trump had chosen to staff his White House and Cabinet. They know him well and worked closely with him during the tumultuous times of Trump’s troubled tenure. And they are adamant that he not be returned to any position of authority.

Yet somehow, his glassy-eyed cult disciples remain transfixed. They are unmoved (or perhaps aroused) by his two impeachments, his 34 felony convictions, his 54 still pending felony charges, his judgement for nearly half a billion dollars for financial fraud, or his adjudication as a rapist. They aren’t worried about his explicit promise to be a “dictator on day one,” or his “Project 2025” handbook for fascism. Because, after all, his opponent, President Biden, is three years older than he is.

Equally as concerning as the list of people who despise Trump, are those who Trump admires. Along with the convention speakers (i.e. Tucker Carlson, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, Peter Navarro, etc.), Trump bragged about having the support of Kim Jong Un and the Taliban during his speech. And with friends like that, who needs enemas?

Trump is bragging about his endorsements from murderous dictators (Kim Jong Un) and terrorists (the Taliban).

That's quite a bizarre campaign strategy.pic.twitter.com/8ljqdhqLPFpic.twitter.com/7eaCYoAF78

— News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) July 19, 2024

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