MAGA Tears: Trump fans are hysterical and trying to cope with his imminent defeat
After four seemingly interminable years of Republicans screaming “ARE YOU TRIGGERED?” and doing everything they can to “own the libs” by flashing pictures of credibly accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh at us and chanting slogans about “two scoops two terms,” it’s finally our turn to laugh and gloat as they melt down and completely lose their minds as they try to grapple with the new reality that they must finally live in.
And folks, the cope is real. We’re talking penthouse suites at the cope-a-cabana. Extra-strength copium pipes. International cruises around the Cape of Good Cope. Dear Martha letters to Cope Kicks.
CW: some of the following posts may contain foul language and may cause loss of sanity points
Grabbing the headlines are the women who prostrated themselves outside the Clark County Election Department and literally prayed for some daemonic entity to intervene on Trump’s behalf:
Spoiler alert: this won't change the outcome of the ballots pic.twitter.com/kTJh27m1pB
— Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
Trump supporters across the country are holding protests to either stop the vote count or recount the votes, depending on the location — some of them even in the bluest of states where they don’t have a prayer of being overturned, wasting their time out of desperation and grief.
The president’s most loyal cartoonist, the banned-from-the-White-House for anti-Semitism Ben Garrison produced his most delusional piece yet, featuring an outrageously buffy Trump using “lawsuits” to win the election.
damn, this is legitimately kinda sad pic.twitter.com/mpkD13aCXZ
— kim possible facts (@kimpossiblefact) November 6, 2020
Of course, in real life, Trump’s lawsuits and the bumbling morons he sent to file them were laughed out of court.
just watched a michigan court throw out a ridiculous trump suit. Here was the face trump's lawyer made when the judge announced she was tossing the whole thing pic.twitter.com/08lHwsCHLi
— mo (@mo87mo87) November 5, 2020
Many can’t seem to come to terms with reality:
They seem to be a bit stuck on the first stage: denial pic.twitter.com/VyWbTl7cYF
— Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
In a case of poetic justice, Trumpers grew wildly angry at Libertarian third-party candidate Jo Jorgensen and her supporters for taking votes away from Trump in key areas:
The /pol conservatives are FURIOUS at libertarians lmao pic.twitter.com/LOEd12Ue9J
— Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 5, 2020
The Trumpers who put irresponsible amounts of money where their mouth is via gambling were understandably very upset at the results.
Maybe it's not the brightest idea to bet all your savings on Trump winning, but then again, they're not the brightest people pic.twitter.com/Z49FH4S3z8
— Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
Add your name to states not to cave Trump. COUNT EVERY VOTE!
Some Republicans felt the need to blame FOX News and former House Speaker and Koch puppet Paul Ryan for some sort of “betrayal.”
A FOX host tried to find literally anything else that Trump was beating Biden in:
This one I think takes it pic.twitter.com/Q9nWobddCO
— Chowder (@TheChowderhead) November 6, 2020
One 4chan user decided to use the opportunity to embrace their true selves:
I was incredibly sceptical a Biden presidency would deliver for the Nefarious Trans Agenda I’m part of, but the repubs seem to insist pic.twitter.com/9wD3iYiXqm
— Otto (@Andilaama) November 6, 2020
While the most deluded and fanatical MAGA fans are performing Olympic-level feats of mental gymnastics to try to talk themselves into believing that actually, it is Good that Trump lost and this is all part of a greater plan…
"TRUMP IS ACTUALLY PLAYING A 6000 IQ MOVE RIGHT NOW!" pic.twitter.com/8L0EWzkC6R
— Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 5, 2020
Food for thought from the boards.
Chew on this and decide for yourself. pic.twitter.com/kiMYe47hxa
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) November 6, 2020
…but unfortunately for those who have become devotees of the QAnon movement, whoever has been posting the Q drops on 8chan has suddenly gone silent, throwing thousands of people into confused turmoil.
Nothing since then
— TrueAnon Pod (@TrueAnonPod) November 5, 2020
Q has not posted since election day.
It's driving followers nuts. They were told to trust the plan for three years and some are starting to realize there isn't one. They want guidance or an explanation and it hasn't come yet. Others are embedding themselves further into the lie.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 6, 2020
Is it immature to revel in the anguish of our political rivals? Perhaps, but after four years of them yelling “f*ck your feelings” and taking glee in the monstrous atrocities that Trump and his goons inflicted on tens of thousands of innocent migrants at the border, all the thousands of civilians who died under Trump’s indiscriminate bombings, the demonization of Muslims and other minorities and the countless hate crimes they provoked, and all the other endless injustices and crimes that Trump and his fans put our nation through, I think we’ve earned it.
It feels good to win again, damn it!
Opinion columnist and former editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.