Michael Ian Black: Trump’s Veep Candidates Are All Impressively Terrible
Big news out of the gold-plated rococo tower of bullshit known as Trumpworld: Donald Trump is announcing his VP selection on Monday! Yes, these are exciting days as we wait to find out who will be hand-picked by our former president/current felon/adjudicated rapist! The contenders for the post have been auditioning for months, appearing on cable news networks and campaigning with the former president, all the while working up enough saliva to hawk tuah all over Trump’s putter.
The list of finalists reads like a who’s who of Trump sycophancy, minus Lindsey Graham who, unfortunately, cannot be considered for the position due to a tragic medical condition which prevents him from getting up off his knees.
Let’s take a quick look at what we think is the short list.