Operation: Get the Cheeto in the Peach Tea

This blog post chronicles the ability of the modern American to have the supreme snacking experience by combining Cheetos with peach tea, and now that the FBI agents who are watching us all have stopped paying attention: now’s our time. We have do this “Codename: Kids Next Door” style to make sure the FBI agents don’t find out about our millennial agenda.

            Wouldn’t that be a lot more fun and honestly a much easier method of going about the impeachment (peach tea) of Mr. Trump (the cheeto)? Too bad we’re stuck in the real world and will have to face a new world of Mike Pence should Trump be impeached.

            Back in August after the Charlottesville Protests, Pence defended the movement of white nationalists by saying “I’m someone who believes in more monuments, not less monuments. What we ought to do is we ought to remember our history” [1].  I would argue, however, that in leaving the statues alone, we are not “remembering our history,” but rather venerating racists and perpetuating their ideals. Pence, however, muses that “rather than tearing down monuments that have graced our cities all across this country for years, we ought to be building more monuments,” remembering when he walked across Edmund Pettus Bridge remembering Bloody Sunday. 

            Another way in which Pence could be more dangerous than Trump is that he is more eloquent in his speaking, knowing he is lying and doing it anyways. He is sort of a snake in the grass as opposed to Trump who is a snake in your face. Amid Trump’s racist comments about “shithole countries,” Pence defended him saying, “I know that what President Trump wants to do is reform immigration to make our system one that puts the interests of America first” [2]. He continues by denying claims of racism by saying his President’s immigration reform will accept immigrants “regardless of what country they come from or what their race and creed is.”[3]

            None of this is to say that I prefer Trump’s blatant racism over Pence’s hidden racism, though.  I really don't know what to think or who I prefer. I do believe, however that should we impeach Trump (fingers crossed), we need to be prepared to impeach Pence as well, and many of the ones behind him in the line of presidential succession, because they're not all that great either. 

            What do you guys think? Are we completely screwed? Who do you think we’re better off with, blatantly racist Trump or subliminally racist Pence? 

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[1] Walsh, Joan. “Why Mike Pence Is Worse Than Donald Trump.” The Nation, 2017. 2 March 2018. https://www.thenation.com/article/why-mike-pence-is-worse-than-donald-trump

[2] Fang, Marina. “Mike Pence Defends His President’s Racist ‘Shithole’ Comments” Huffington Post, 2018. 2 March 2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-defends-trump-shithole_us_5a661a5de4b0e56300721ea4

[3] Fang, Marina. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-defends-trump-shithole_us_5a661a5de4b0e56300721ea4

What in Tony/Terry/Tessa/Tracy Tarnation? Tomi Lahren's Ongoing Conflict with Millennials

At the beginning of last year, a new household name emerged and was ignored, Tomi Lahren. There was a Twitter exchange between Lahren, a conservative commentator, and artists Wale. Lahren was upset that Wale had mispronounced her name in a song entitled “Smile.” This exchange triggered a social trend of addressing Lahren by anything but her name. Since then, Lahren has continued to voice her controversial opinions.

            This was not the first time Lahren has been attacked for her controversial statements. One of her earlier attacks on social culture was in 2013, criticizing Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s Super Bowl halftime performance which had many hints of paying homage to the Black Panthers. She said  of Knowles-Carter’s husband, he “was a drug dealer. For 14 years, he sold crack cocaine. Talk about protecting black neighborhoods. Start at home.”[1]  This not only sparked controversy because of avid fans of both Beyoncé and Jay-Z defending the two, but also because people believed that Lahren’s comments also had the subliminal meaning that she also has negative views of the Black Panthers.

            Lahren took to Twitter to compare the “Black Lives Matter” movement to The Ku Klux Klan, saying that “their goals are far from equality.”[2] Aside from leaving many people highly confused, she managed to offend them at the same time. People claimed that there is no way to find the correlation between the two groups.

            More recently, Lahren posted a video of herself listening to the song “Bank Account” by 21 Savage. People found this problematic as Lahren is well known for her subliminal disapproval of black culture (although she claims she is not racist), however she is seen in the video partaking in the culture she often criticizes.

            Another of Lahren’s most infamous statements includes her criticism of Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem, calling him “a whiny, indulgent, attention-seeking crybaby” [3].

            Aside from the fact that she has blatantly called out millennials for being lazy and that they complain too much, because one of Lahren’s platforms of choice is Twitter-- a website and app dominated by millennials-- she has found much disapproval from younger people. Going back to the misspelling of her name, people also claim that millennials’ constant teasing of Lahren on Twitter is childish, unnecessary, and that it ultimately achieves nothing. What do you guys think? Feel free to elaborate on any of these instances, or even add some of your own (we all know there’s many more controversial instances involving Lahren than the ones I have mentioned).

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[1] Bleznak, Becca. “Tomi Lahren: Controversial Moments From the Fox News Star.” TV Cheat Sheet, 2018. 2 March 2018. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/tomi-lahren-controversial-moments-from-the-fox-news-star.html/?a=viewall

[2] Bleznak, Becca. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/tomi-lahren-controversial-moments-from-the-fox-news-star.html/?a=viewall

[3] Bleznak, Becca. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/tomi-lahren-controversial-moments-from-the-fox-news-star.html/?a=viewall