Conservatives are having a hard time coming to grips with 'life after Trump'

On Tuesday, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris for winning the election. For many conservatives, McConnell's act brought home a hard fact that many still can't admit to themselves - Joe Biden fairly won the election and regardless of his court challenges and allegations of fraud, Trump will not have a second term. 

While some are slowly coming to grips with it, others seem to be stumbling in hazes, unable to admit Trump's election loss without lashing at who they think "betrayed him," or remaining defiant in hopes that a deus ex machina will swoop down and anoint Trump as president for four more years.

Via a few articles and random tweets, I've assembled responses from several prominent conservative leaders and activists as they deal with the soon-to-come reality of life after Trump.

First comes some venomous comments from the ultra right-wing site Parler as Trump supporters there attack Senator McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao.

And while McConnell may seem congratulatory to Biden and Harris, other GOP senators aren't so willing to be nice:

This next tweet would be funny if it weren't for the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene is now a member of Congress, thanks to the same election which handed Biden the presidency.

Meanwhile, while some of Trump's religious conservatives have been praying for a fast miracle,

others have said "to hell with it all."

A few of his supporters are defiant by clinging things happening in which are obviously alternate universes.

While some, like Franklin Graham, are actually taking Trump's loss in stride by creating their own alternate universes in which Trump saved America by "restoring honor and morality" and then departed to a great mountain where he fell into a deep slumber and will awaken again should America need him again

Okay, I lied with the part about the mountain but that sounds way more truthful that the following nonsense Graham posted on his Facebook page.

'Tulsi Gabbard's anti-trans athlete bill opened the door for right-wing media lies' & other Tue midday news briefs

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's anti-trans athlete bill gave right-wing media fodder to attack trans youth ahead of legislative sessions - Tulsi Gabbard is nothing but a headache.

 The hashtag that grew fastest on Twitter in LGBTQ community this year is “#transrightsarehumanrights” - And it's a welcomed hashtag because of mess like the above article.

The 20 best LGBTQ books to gift this holiday season - I adore cash, but books are always wonderful gifts, too. 

Milo Yiannopoulos: 'I Lost Everything Helping Put Trump in Office' - I am not cheering this. I only posted this to express the fact that this chyle is being so nauseatingly over dramatic.

Proud Boys literally show their asses during Saturday's pro-Trump rally

 

What do Proud Boys wear under their kilts? Do you really want to know?

As I have said in a post earlier this year, the Proud Boys is an SPLC- designated hate group with a history of violence. They allegedly call themselves proud "western chauvinists" who "refuses to apologize for creating the modern world." Several times during the Trump Administration (which is thankfully coming to an end), they have started several bloody street brawls, the most recent being during last Saturday's pro-Trump rally in DC.

Now someone playing armchair psychologist or comedian could make a comment about the oddity of  a bunch of men banding together supposedly in what can be described as an "uber-macho he-man woman hater club." And in making that comment, that same person could substitute the word "oddity" for "queerness." Of course in today's "woke society," that person would most likely be criticized for passive-aggressive homophobia, or passive-aggressive stereotyping, or whatever academic phrase is in vogue these days.

'Anti-LGBTQ nonprofits, businesses received millions in COVID-19 aid' & other Mon midday news briefs

Anti-gay nonprofits, businesses received millions in Covid-19 aid - That's LGBTQ tax dollars. They think we're sinners but they don't mind helping themselves to our tax dollars.

Anti-LGBTQ pastor’s church gets $4M in COVID bailout funds. They bought him a private jet. - Yep. And had to return the money when found out.

An anti-LGBTQ extremist now heads the prestigious Voice of America - Well damn. 

The Best LGBTQ+ Films of 2020 - And in one of them, I am rooting for Viola Davis at the Oscars.

Lifetime's The Christmas Setup Is the LGBTQ Holiday Movie I Never Thought I'd Get to See - Oh?

Fox News' Rachel Campos-Duffy amplifies lies about Trump losing the election

Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy 

This absolutely insane rendition of Trump's tenure as president and his recent election loss  (seen below) by Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy would be funny. That is if one forgets that lies like it have damaged the integrity of our elections, millions of Americans are encouraged to believe it, and that she probably won't face any punishment for it. If our media had an integrity, she wouldn't be able to get a job at a news stand.

At any rate, I hope that her lie will be the catalyst of a long debate on whether or not Donald Trump is the problem in our nation today. Or just a symptom of allowing bad actors, biased views, fake media personalities to plague the airwaves like fungus.

"I just feel for POTUS. I see the pain & frustration. You do everything you're supposed to do. You run the country well. You campaign your heart out while the other guy's in a basement, then in the end, fraud & shenanigans at the local level, you're robbed. We've all been robbed" pic.twitter.com/1cHKFOqvoB

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 13, 2020

Bye bye bullsh!t lawsuit - Supreme Court tells Trump and friends to get lost

With a definitive 7-2 action on Friday night, the Supreme Court most likely put the final kibosh on Donald Trump's attempt to remain president even after he lost the election to Joe Biden.

From Raw Story: 

 “The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an audacious lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the presidential election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.,” The New York Times reported Friday. “The court, in a brief unsigned order, said Texas lacked standing to pursue the case, saying it ‘has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.'” 

 . . . “The move, coupled with a one-sentence order on Tuesday turning away a similar request from Pennsylvania Republicans, signaled that the court has refused to be drawn into President Trump’s losing campaign to overturn the results of the election last month,” the newspaper reported. Marc Elias, who is coordinating lawsuits for Democrats, noted this is the 57th time Trump and his supporters have lost in court.

The lawsuit, called a longshot  and embarrassing by many legal experts and pundits, was brought by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. Seventeen other states, all of which were won by Trump in the election and over 120 Republican members of the House of Representatives signed on to it.

Trump and his allies called it "the big one" probably because they knew it was probably his last shot in a ridiculous attempt to somehow remain president for a second term even after losing the election.

And it failed spectacularly, leaving more egg on Trump's face in front of the nation and world in general. Barring probably a few more public tantrums and displays of stupidity by him and his supporters, Trump's reign of terror presidency will be officially over in January when Biden is sworn in.

Related post - 'Christian' group Family Research Council supports fraudulent lawsuit aimed at stealing the presidency from Biden

'Elderly lesbian couple win justice after being rejected from retirement home' & other Fri midday news briefs

 

Elderly lesbian couple rejected by homophobic retirement home finally win justice after ‘harrowing’ legal fight - Good for them. They deserve the victory.

More LGBTQ candidates won elected office this year than ever before - Nice! Representation matters. I can't begin to tell you how happy this makes me. I came from a time where the huge majority of LGBTQ people were fearful of being open, much less running for public office. Slowly but surely, we are climbing that mountain.

In Crisis, LGBTQ+ Health Care Discrimination Thrives - But our battles continue. 

Ruling that overturns ban on controversial therapy for LGBTQ youth causing concern locally - Trashy ruling reverberates.