Donald Trump’s namesake son participated in a boat rally in New York with his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, all without wearing masks in a state hard hit by the coronavirus.
It appears that boating has become a primary way for Trump supporters to show their allegiance to their cult leader as Trump has frequently bragged about his “beautiful boaters” and has asked whether they are being polled by the media as if that would somehow change the disdain a majority of Americans feel for him.
A key feature of these rallies is that hardly anyone wears a mask at a time during which a pandemic has claimed the lives of 160,000 Americans and has left 5 million infected.
Large gatherings such as boat rallies, despite being outdoor events, are vulnerable to the coronavirus, a highly communicable and deadly virus that Trump and his supporters refuse to take seriously, even going so far as to politicize the wearing of masks that work to prevent the virus’ spread.
But Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, along with Tiffany Trump, attended the rally and refused to wear masks like everyone else, which is pretty damn stupid considering Guilfoyle recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Don Jr. bragged about the boat rally on Instagram complete with grammatical errors.
“Awsome boat parade today in Montauk yesterday,” Don Jr. wrote. “All sorts of people came from all over to celebrate. We had people in kayaks and on paddle boards to guys with commercial fishing trawlers show up all with one thing in common: a love of freedom, America, and our great President.”
Here’s the post and a couple of pictures from the event:
Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle attended a Trump boat parade in Montauk yesterday, per their Instagram posts: pic.twitter.com/EbzCubAFa4
— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) August 8, 2020
Again, failure to wear masks at this event in a state that has suffered tragically during this pandemic is irresponsible and reckless. It’s also insulting because millions of Americans are struggling right now while the Trumps are partying in the Hamptons.
Twitter users ripped them a new one:
I loathe everything about these pics, but perhaps I loathe the opening sentence of Don Jr’s post the most:
“Awesome boat parade today in Montauk yesterday.”
The thing is, you see, it doesn’t make any goddamn sense. https://t.co/HsiHyUAeCC
— Brady Hartung (@BradyHartung) August 8, 2020
Isn’t that sweet. Many unemployed Americans wonder about how they will feed their families. But not the Trumps. Not our elected legislators. For them life is one big party.
Don Jr, Tiffany and Kimberly Guilfoyle at a boat party in the Hamptons https://t.co/zpWA9fwAL7 #SmartNews
— Klaatu (@dbjdpb) August 8, 2020
All aboard! Tiffany Trump, Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle party on boats in a ‘Trumpilla’ near Montauk on Friday including ‘Team Deplorable’ surrounded by a parade of MAGA fans ahead of a potentially lucrative weekend of fundraising in the region by the president. pic.twitter.com/P9zbjGjuxQ
— Lilian Chan (@bestgug) August 8, 2020
So the President of the United States is now at a fundraiser at the Hamptons home of Don Trump Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle. Annnnd, this was Jr and Guilfoyle yesterday at a non-socially distant/maskless boat party. Cool, cool. pic.twitter.com/teFxg88CSZ
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) August 9, 2020
Lovely. While Americans die, stand in food bank lines, are thrown out of their homes, try to make ends meet , the #TrumpCrimeFamily parties like it’s 1999! #DeplorableTrumps
Don Jr, Tiffany and Kimberly Guilfoyle at a boat party in the Hamptons https://t.co/RmACT1wr02— (((DrCatholicsForBiden))) (@DrUSofA1) August 8, 2020
Don Jr, Tiffany and Kimberly Guilfoyle at a boat party in the Hamptons #SmartNews @realDonaldTrump here’s hoping a ventilator will be their next phase! https://t.co/FQeGB73iWt
— Darrell McDoodle Hoffer (@Darrell94418041) August 8, 2020
The Trumps think that these boat rallies mean that they will win in November, but Joe Biden doesn’t need to throw a parade on the water to boost his ego. He just needs to look at the polls to know that America is on his side.
Featured image via Flickr/Gage Skidmore, under Creative Commons license 2.0
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