Twitter brutally mocks Trump’s campaign manager after he calls his operation a “Death Star”
Sometimes Trump and his lackeys let their collective mask slip just enough to give us a clear picture of how they truly view themselves. Today, Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale took to Twitter and did just that. The results were, as usual, disturbing.
Parscale shared a Star Wars GIF of the Death Star—the moon-sized weapon used by the evil Galactic Empire in the movies to commit planetary genocide—and compared it to his campaign team. He wrote that for three years they have been “building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star)” which is now “firing on all cylinders.”
“In a few days we starting pressing FIRE for the first time,” he added, seemingly delighted to paint his boss as the leader of a mass-murdering fascist organization.
For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc.
In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time. pic.twitter.com/aJgCNfx1m0
— Brad Parscale – Download our Trump 2020 App today! (@parscale) May 7, 2020
Parscale followed the tweet with one claiming that it was the media who originally gave the Trump campaign the “Death Star” nickname but that he’s “happy to use the analogy.”
The analogy is apt, but not for the reasons Parscale thinks. Perhaps he’s never seen the movies, but he seems to be laboring under the impression that the villains ultimately triumph in Star Wars. In reality, the Death Star is obliterated by the brave Rebel Alliance fighters and good defeats evil. In other words, Parscale is accidentally implying that Trump’s campaign will implode and he’ll be defeated in 2020.
On a more serious note, there is something truly disgusting about the campaign team for Trump—a man who has torn apart families, thrown children in cages, and indulged in all manner of racist policies and rhetoric—gleefully comparing itself to overt fascists, even fictional ones.
I didn’t give our campaign the name, Death Star, the media did. However, I am happy to use the analogy. The fact is, we haven’t used it yet. Laugh all you want, we will take the win!
— Brad Parscale – Download our Trump 2020 App today! (@parscale) May 7, 2020
Not surprisingly, Twitter users quickly inundated Parscale with backlash.
“Death Star” is the perfect brand ID.
You can update it every day. “The Trump Death Star has killed 74,773 Americans…”
Or
“Trump has so far caused 74,773 deaths, and when you’re a star, they let you do it”— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) May 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/AresStopell/status/1258391159195516929?s=20
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1258393478393978883?s=20
So the official goal of the Trump Regime is to destroy the planet, but plucky resistance can restore the republic? Does Trump think of himself more as Darth Vader or the Emperor?
— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) May 7, 2020
Why is it that everything about this administration from the lies, the bullying, the poor behavior, and now this bizarre tweet is so childish?
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) May 7, 2020
Who chooses to portray themselves as the Death Star?
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) May 7, 2020
Yes, I guess when you botch a pandemic response so badly you could call yourself Death Star.
— Devin Duke (@sirDukeDevin) May 7, 2020
What are the chances Trump realizes his campaign is packed with grifters before the Death Star explodes?
— Anita Creamer (@AnitaCreamer) May 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/1258399216545792002?s=20
The same campaign that compares Trump to Thanos would of course compare itself to the Death Star. At least you guys totally own the fact that you’re the evil villains in your own narrative.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) May 7, 2020
