Have we finally reached the bottom of the garbage insult bag?
ZitatSo, is this another case of Trump Derangement Syndrome? Illinois Democrat Sean Casten, who is hoping to unseat incumbent Republican Peter Roskam in the state’s sixth congressional district, said that President Trump and the dead al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who we righteously killed in 2011, “have a tremendous amount in common.” The funny thing is he knows this statement veers into the realm of the hyperbolic, even mentioning it before he makes the remark (via Free Beacon):
"Democratic congressional hopeful Sean Casten said he thought President Donald Trump had a "tremendous amount in common" with al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, the man responsible for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives.
"In many ways—and I don't mean to sound overly, I don't know, hyperbolic on this—Trump and Osama Bin Laden have a tremendous amount in common," Casten said, according to audio of a February meeting with voters that was obtained by the Free Beacon…
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Casten, a "clean energy entrepreneur" who emerged on top of a tight primary in Illinois' sixth district in March, made the bizarre comparison after he was asked by a voter for his plans to advance gun-control legislation if he were elected. The comment was part of Casten's explanation that gun-control opponents, whom he appears to be comparing to al Qaeda supporters, are what will keep gun-control legislation from advancing to the House floor.
"They have both figured out how to use the bully pulpit to activate marginalized young men," Casten said. "Every demagogue has done this—find a group of angry people and give them something to be angry at."'