“Using satire to make a point”: Johnson defends Trump’s “No Kings” dump video
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended a bizarre video shared by Donald Trump that revealed the president bombing No Kings protesters with excrement At a press conference on Monday the Louisiana Republican commented the scatalogical Trump clip was satire and that it paled in comparison to the violent rhetoric of Trump s political opponents He is using satire to make a point He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents and that s what these people are doing Johnson mentioned Trump responded to No Kings protests that swept the country over the weekend with an AI-generated video showing him in a fighter jet labeled KING TRUMP Wearing a crown the animated Trump dumped liquid human waste on protesters to the sounds of Danger Zone Related King Trump takes dump on peaceful protesters Johnson presented pictures of signs reading at his Monday press conference The term is facility industry slang When used as a verb it typically means to eject or ban a person from an establishment Johnson used the term as evidence that the non-violent nationwide protests had an underlying violent intent They re trying to incite violence It s not funny You don t mock a president who has already had two failed assassination attempts on his life Johnson noted Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program Away from Capitol Hill the video garnered a strong reaction from Kenny Loggins The singer behind the hit that soundtracked Trump s bombing run demanded that the president remove his song from the video in a report to NPR on Monday This is an unauthorized use of my performance of Danger Zone Nobody urged me for my permission which I would have denied and I request that my recording on this video is removed straightaway Loggins explained Too numerous people are trying to tear us apart and we need to find new avenues to come together We re all Americans and we re all patriotic There is no us and them that s not who we are nor is it what we should be Read more about protests Massive No Kings protest short-circuits MAGA s mockery Predator drones are monitoring anti-ICE protests No Kings protests test Florida protest law The post Using satire to make a point Johnson defends Trump s No Kings dump video appeared first on Salon com
