Trump’s Sickening Sociopathic Shots at Rob Reiner by Jonathan Alter
All Republican must be asked if they stand behind their master on this one.
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This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
Like many of you, I’m terribly upset about the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner at the hands of their mentally ill son. I knew and admired both of them and treasure our interactions over the years. They were fine human beings who are being properly eulogized by those who knew them better.
But let’s talk for a minute about President Trump’s reaction to Rob’s death.
This morning, while Rob and Michele were still at the morgue, Trump posted that Rob “passed away reportedly, [I’m not sure where he got that “reportedly”], due to the massive, unyielding and incurable affliction called Trump Derangement Syndrome.” In other words, Trump is saying that Rob died because he was a critic of Trump.
Think about that for a second. That’s not just the kind of malignant narcissism and sociopathic behavior that should lead (but won’t) to using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. It’s a level of cruelty that is almost beyond imagining.
Now remember, this is the President who said that anybody who criticized Charlie Kirk should lose their job, or worse. And at the time, it really was wrong to attack Charlie Kirk when he was fresh in his grave.
So if anybody who criticized Charlie Kirk in the days after his death deserved to lose their job, why doesn’t Donald Trump deserve to lose his?
Finally, there’s a potential now for a little posthumous justice that Rob and Michelle would have appreciated. This is a chance to hold Republicans at least a bit accountable for enabling Trump’s depravity. So every reporter covering any Republican in any state needs to ask that Republican what he or she thinks of what the president said about Rob Reiner, and we’ll see how they answer.
We’ll see whether these Republicans can utter even the most minor criticism of the indecency of the man they consider to be their master.
I think Rob and Michele would have liked the question.
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