From the things he says and does, you somehow assume the average Donald Trump supporter isn’t going to be the kindest or most tolerant of souls. Perhaps not even the most intelligent. But how bad are they really? Allow Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to lay it out for you.
While Triumph is best known for being outrageously – and often hilariously – rude to showbiz celebrities from Bon Jovi to J. Lo, he also enjoys sinking his teeth into a juicy election campaign. He was hot on the campaign trail in 2004 and 2008. Now he’s roaring back again in 2016.
This time round he’s been filing reports, scandalizing interviewees of both parties, crashing TV discussions, and getting thrown out of a GOP rally. In a hoax of particular genius, he’s also laid bare the way Trump people think, feel, and react.
He did it by arranging for a group of committed Trump supporters to attend a focus group and comment on a set of fake campaign commercials. Focus groups are usually recorded on video and rarely for public consumption, so the folks around the table were comfortable in expressing themselves in front of the cameras.
The commercials featured a voice that was supposed to be Trump’s, but sounded more like Homer Simpson’s; a detail that didn’t seem to bother the group. The supposedly serious proposals that were made in the commercials were outlandish, even by Trump standards. They included:
- Making abortion legal only in economically depressed cities, and incentivizing it with a free milkshake and free gambling chips at a Trump casino.
- Forcing Hillary Clinton to prove she is not a man by publicly displaying her genitals.
This last proposal provoked a comment from one woman in the group:
“I think the public would enjoy it.”
But the idea that went down best was offered as an interim solution while we wait for the famous Trump wall to be erected. The fake Trump voice promised to build an invisible electric fence along the length of the Mexican border which would zap anyone who tried to cross it.
As well as general nods of approval, the idea provoked detailed discussion on how it might work. The idea of fitting electric collars to the entire population of Mexico and making them desirable, by encrusting them with bling, was seen as a good one. However, one woman worried:
“They might find a way to cut off the collar and sell the bling.”
The session ended with one or two of the group agreeing to appear in testimonials. There are several to choose from, but perhaps the winner is the lady who said:
“Donald Trump’s plan to lock Mexicans in porta-potties sounds like solid, fresh thinking to me.”
See the idiocy unfold here.
