3/9/2023 0 Comments Donald trump speech today![]() – Trump’s meandering monologue in Minden will likely feature some new material, perhaps even some of it Nevada-specific. Of course the last time Trump came to Nevada he humiliated Lombardo by calling Nevada, where Lombardo leads the largest law enforcement organization in the state, a “cesspool of crime.”Īlong with the standbys – the election was stolen, the January 6 committee is a witch hunt, etc. Maybe Trump will even bring fellow QAnon idol Marjorie Taylor Greene along as a warm-up act, as he recently did at a Michigan rally. For his fawning legions, that’s part of the attraction. Trump will tell outrageous lies and say hateful things. This weekend, Lombardo, along with Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and other Trump-subservient Nevada Republican office seekers, is scheduled to appear at a rally with Trump in Minden, not far from where Laxalt’s political action committee holds its annual Wingnuts/Lambnuts Hootenanny for Fox News Viewers (not the event’s real name). Has Lombardo made a campaign promise you like? Good luck with that. Lombardo, the would-be man of his word, took back his word in a matter of hours, flip-flopping on his assessment of Trump even more quickly than he has contorted his positions on abortion restrictions. Stand up to Trump and denounce Trump’s crimes and lies? On the day of the debate, purportedly brave and upright lawman Joe Lombardo didn’t even have the guts to stand by his own statement that Trump was not a great president. Yet by chumming with Trump, Lombardo is demonstrating his regard for law enforcement and the rule of law is crudely situational. Inasmuch as his campaign has a point, Lombardo’s badge is pretty much it. As you may have heard and seen (and heard and seen and heard and seen) from him and his campaign advertising, Lombardo is an important law enforcement official. Lombardo’s laconic approach to the lawless Trump is an especially listless take from someone in Lombardo’s line of work. But he did explain, while trying to minimize the significance of Trump spreading the Big Lie, that “you’re never going to have the perfect candidate.” Lombardo wasn’t asked that question during the debate. election by inciting an insurrection and then doing nothing for hours while your violent mob ransacks the Capitol yelling “Hang Mike Pence”? “It bothers me, it bothers me,” Lombardo answered, adding “I’m not shying away from that.”Īfter acknowledging it was Trump himself who undermined confidence in the 2020 election, Lombardo brushed it off: “You’re never going to agree with anybody a hundred percent in everything they do.” (Suggestion: Jumpy Joe)ĭuring the debate, moderator Jon Ralston also asked Lombardo if he was bothered by Trump still and persistently repeating the lie that the 2020 election was stolen and the election in Nevada was rigged. Whoever wrote the statement, its release signified a chastened, housebroken Lombardo cowering in fear of Trump and Trumpism, as Republicans do, lest the Great Man smite him with his magical powers. ![]() Whether the easily miffed Trump dictated the language in the Lombardo campaign statement isn’t important. Trump” instead of just Donald Trump… the use of a superlative, “most impactful”… those are hallmarks of a statement straight from the armchair of, well, Donald J. Trump was a great president and his accomplishments are some of the most impactful in American history.” The campaign issued a release that read not so much like a campaign statement, but a retraction and apology with an intended readership of one: Later that day, Lombardo’s campaign decided to use that adjective after all. I wouldn’t say great,” Lombardo responded. Steve Sisolak last weekend, Republican challenger Joe Lombardo was asked if he thought Donald Trump was a great president. ![]()
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