"'Everywhere one looked at the convention, Republicans were exalting maleness with an ardor that reads as 'defensive' to outsiders but appears to be a convincing display to those inside the MAGA cult. The overcompensation led to a grand finale featuring both pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, rather than the traditional activists and politicians one hears at a convention. Hogan declared Trump a 'gladiator,' which should be funny applied to a doughy senior citizen caked in make-up, but appears to have been taken at face value by the RNC crowd. Along with the James Brown song, Trump used 'Macho Man' by the Village People as intro music, still indifferent to the irony of the song."
~ Amanda Marcotte
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