Jumbo Depreciation

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Today is National Elephant Appreciation Day, so let's think of all the things we can appreciate about that political party whose symbol is an elephant.

Yup, I got nothing. Quite the challenge these days.

If Donald Trump and JD Vance weren't enough to swear off political pachyderms, now we have Mark Robinson, the Black Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, whom Trump called "better than Martin Luther King."

Robinson, currently the Tar Heel State's lieutenant governor, was already known as extreme, having described gay and transgender people as "filth" in a church speech, and posting on Facebook that abortion was about "killing the child because you weren’t responsible enough to keep your skirt down." (Turned out he wasn't responsible enough to keep his dick in, having paid for an abortion years earlier.)

But now blockbuster reporting from CNN reveals that Robinson isn't just a run-of-the-mill conservative hypocrite. The dude is demented.

Before becoming a politician, Robinson frequented a porn site called Nude Africa. On its message boards, he referred to himself as a "black NAZI" and said he preferred Hitler to then-President Barack Obama. He expressed support for bringing back slavery. He denounced King as "worse than a maggot." My favorite bit is that the transphobe said he enjoyed transgender pornography.

Queer people are as familiar with this particular type of hypocrisy as we are with Cher lyrics.

Robinson denies everything, and refuses to leave the race. CNN points out he's joining a list of fatally flawed candidates Trump endorsed after they showered him with praise.

Being led by a narcissist is certainly part of the Republican Party's problem. I believe another is that the GOP gets so giddy at the prospect of running minority candidates that it leaves off proper vetting.

You're African-American? Come on down! You're a homo? George Santos, you're our gay guy!