Trump Tells Them What's Right, What's Wrong, What's Real

Mike Nellis

I spent a good chunk of this weekend arguing with conservative pundits and influencers about the assassination of Melissa Hortman. And far too many of them are still denying the objective truth: she was murdered by a radicalized Republican who hated abortion. Melissa’s assailant had a hit list of pro-choice Democratic legislators he planned to kill. But because he was once reappointed to a bipartisan committee by Tim Walz, the right has spun up a conspiracy theory that Walz himself ordered the hit on Hortman and others.

What it has me reflecting on this morning is just how morally bankrupt and untethered from reality the MAGA movement has become. They’ve fused Donald Trump and their media ecosystem into a single source—not just of information, but of morality. And I want to connect the dots here, because this is part of a much larger sickness.

Let’s start with Tom Homan, the White House border czar. Over the weekend, we found out he accepted a $50,000 cash bribe from undercover FBI agents. Now, it's not the GOP’s fault that Homan was corrupt and dumb enough to take it—but it is their responsibility to investigate. Especially since it's on tape. But Trump, Pam Bondi, and Kash Patel killed the investigation. Why? Because they need Homan. He’s central to their campaign of fear and cruelty toward immigrants. And what was conservative media’s response? A bunch of pathetic excuses to reframe the narrative and morally justify blatant corruption.

They claimed the deep state made him take the bribe. Megyn Kelly straight-up said she didn’t care because she hates immigrants. Some claimed he wasn’t officially in office yet, so it somehow doesn’t matter. It's absurd. The FBI did solid work here—you can bet that $50,000 wasn’t the first time he got dirty—and the MAGA crowd is defending it because Trump said it’s okay. So it’s okay.

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