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Supporters of President Donald Trump often like to claim that he is “playing 4D chess”: that is, apparent setbacks are frequently really master manoeuvres designed to outflank his opponents with Macchiavellian skill. Most often, Trump is said to have manipulated Trump Derangement Syndrome to his advantage, knowing that his haters are so unhinged that they will reflexively oppose anything he says, no matter how reasonable.
True or not, some Republicans are learning to play derangement of the looney left to their own advantage.
Teens on TikTok tried to cause turnout to plummet for a Republican rally in Staten Island last week, after pulling off a similar stunt at the Trump rally in Tulsa in the summer.
This time, however, Republican officials were savvy enough to turn the attempted sabotage into tens of thousands in donations to the GOP from the pockets of the TikTokers themselves.
Leftists have been using this childish gambit for years: flood conservative events with fake registrations in order to brag about “pwning” them afterwards.
“On Sept. 19, out-of-staters using fake, frequently lewd names — including ‘Grabemby DePussay,’ ‘Ivana Punchyou’ and ‘F–kyou Trump’ — began signing up online for the ‘TRiUMPh Rally,’ a free get-out-the-vote event,” according to the New York Post.
“We had about 1,500 RSVPs from Staten Islanders,” explained Staten Island GOP chairman Brendan Lantry. “Then all of a sudden we started seeing the numbers tick up to 10,000, 15,000, 75,000. We knew something was not right.”
Lantry’s wife Jessica was able to track down a TikTok video with over half-a-million views from a 19-year-old Brooklynite known as Felisrae, who essentially urged followers to sign up for the event and not attend. (The video has since been made private.)
“Do you hate this orange b**** as much as I do?” posed Felisrae, according to the Post. “It turns out that Trump is having a rally in Staten Island. … So what I did was, I reserved myself two seats. But I’m pretty sure that I have something to do that day. So, do what you want with this information.”
So, the savvy event organisers added a nonrefundable $5 reservation fee for the otherwise free tickets. Surely Trump haters wouldn’t be so deranged as to actually pay to try and disrupt an event? You underestimate their demented hatred.
The Republicans are cleverly cashing in on leftist Trump Derangement. The BFD. Photoshop by Lushington Brady.
“But they kept coming. From Colorado and California and Chicago and Houston, all over the country,” Lantry said. “They hate this president so much that they’re willing to donate to the Republican Party to troll him.”
The Trump-haters donated $15,785 via the reservation fee, the Post said, noting that “[no] seats were provided at the open-air rally, and the event drew 2,500 locals, who filmed a get-well message for Trump as he recuperated from his bout with COVID-19.”
So, a free event turned into a 16 grand fundraiser for a local Republican branch. Making Trump Derangement Pay Again!
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