Man, only in the US a right wing “tough on crime” candidate who pledged to create “the most lethal army in the world” to a cheering crowd and promised to fund a genocide is pragmatic and progressive.

internal screaming intensifies

as the red dot from a nearby rifle appears on his face and Virginia farm boy audience members wearing earpieces gesture menacingly toward their lapels.

The AIPAC finally broke him. By my estimate, it was probably around 2016 during the primary that he realized that he never even had a chance.