Republicans have said a lot of weird, wildly disturbing things in their time, but perhaps nothing has come close to the creepiness that was on display on Wednesday night, when former Fox News host Tucker Carlson told a crowd of Donald Trump supporters that the ex-president needs to give America—which he likened to a “hormone-addled 15-year-old” girl—a “vigorous spanking.”
Yes, at a campaign event in Georgia, Carlson opined that Americans under Democratic leadership have been allowed to act like a toddler “smear[ing] the contents of his diaper on the wall of your living room” or a “hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter” slamming the door of her bedroom and giving her parents the finger. Then, he said, “There has to be a point at which Dad comes home,” and if you’ve recently consumed lunch, consider pausing for an hour or two before hearing what Carlson had to say next, or at least have a barf bag at the ready.
“When Dad gets home, you know what he says?” Carlson asked the crowd. “‘You’ve been a bad girl, you’ve been a bad little girl, and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now.’” A huge grin on his face, he continued, “‘And no, it’s not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. No, it’s not. I’m not going to lie. This is going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me. And you earned this. You’re getting a vigorous spanking because you’ve been a bad girl.’”
Because this was a Trump rally, instead of responding with stunned looks of “WTF did he just say?,” the crowd broke into rapturous applause at the idea of Trump meting out corporal punishment on a 15-year-old, and calling her a “bad girl” in the process. Later—and again, grab that barf bag—the ex-president’s supporters addressed him as “Daddy.”
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