Rich Lowry

You're not going to lose anything. But he got the reaction, exactly the reaction he wanted.

You're not going to lose anything. But he got the reaction, exactly the reaction he wanted.

You're not going to lose anything. But he got the reaction, exactly the reaction he wanted.

Yeah, totally. And they just believe, and they have believed for a long time, that there's some way to delegitimize Trump such that he'll go away. In the media, on MSNBC, they had this constant debate whether they were going to platform him and show his speeches live. That was going to make a difference one way or the other, whether it was on MSNBC.

Yeah, totally. And they just believe, and they have believed for a long time, that there's some way to delegitimize Trump such that he'll go away. In the media, on MSNBC, they had this constant debate whether they were going to platform him and show his speeches live. That was going to make a difference one way or the other, whether it was on MSNBC.

Yeah, totally. And they just believe, and they have believed for a long time, that there's some way to delegitimize Trump such that he'll go away. In the media, on MSNBC, they had this constant debate whether they were going to platform him and show his speeches live. That was going to make a difference one way or the other, whether it was on MSNBC.

And they seem to think that holding up their little auction paddles somehow is a gesture that's going to be meaningful to someone. There is a famous intellectual, Lionel – Frilling in the 1950s had this line about conservatism at the time, which wasn't in a great state, that conservatism is just a series of irritable mental gestures. And that's what progressive is at the moment. Maybe not mental.

And they seem to think that holding up their little auction paddles somehow is a gesture that's going to be meaningful to someone. There is a famous intellectual, Lionel – Frilling in the 1950s had this line about conservatism at the time, which wasn't in a great state, that conservatism is just a series of irritable mental gestures. And that's what progressive is at the moment. Maybe not mental.

And they seem to think that holding up their little auction paddles somehow is a gesture that's going to be meaningful to someone. There is a famous intellectual, Lionel – Frilling in the 1950s had this line about conservatism at the time, which wasn't in a great state, that conservatism is just a series of irritable mental gestures. And that's what progressive is at the moment. Maybe not mental.

Maybe that's giving them too much. Or mental maybe in the psychological sense. But all they have at the moment is irritable gestures, and that's what the paddles were.

Maybe that's giving them too much. Or mental maybe in the psychological sense. But all they have at the moment is irritable gestures, and that's what the paddles were.

Maybe that's giving them too much. Or mental maybe in the psychological sense. But all they have at the moment is irritable gestures, and that's what the paddles were.

Feels like there should be an SNL skit on the medicine that addresses irritable gesture syndrome.

Feels like there should be an SNL skit on the medicine that addresses irritable gesture syndrome.

Feels like there should be an SNL skit on the medicine that addresses irritable gesture syndrome.

Yeah. And he told them what he was doing. Right. He was banking on them not reacting to even things that are unquestionably good or moving or endearing. And and they just they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Trump is literally Trump saying it. Right. It's Trump derangement syndrome for everyone to see on live TV shows. and mass, right?

Yeah. And he told them what he was doing. Right. He was banking on them not reacting to even things that are unquestionably good or moving or endearing. And and they just they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Trump is literally Trump saying it. Right. It's Trump derangement syndrome for everyone to see on live TV shows. and mass, right?

Yeah. And he told them what he was doing. Right. He was banking on them not reacting to even things that are unquestionably good or moving or endearing. And and they just they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Trump is literally Trump saying it. Right. It's Trump derangement syndrome for everyone to see on live TV shows. and mass, right?

If anyone else said, here's this adorable kid who's gone through this horrific illness in a police outfit being lifted by his father so people can see him, they all would have stood and applaud for the kid, but nothing to do with Trump, for the kid. And they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Trump said it.

If anyone else said, here's this adorable kid who's gone through this horrific illness in a police outfit being lifted by his father so people can see him, they all would have stood and applaud for the kid, but nothing to do with Trump, for the kid. And they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Trump said it.