'Worshipping the golden jackass': CPAC mocked for displaying giant gold Trump statue

[DonViejo]

Brad Reed
February 26, 2021



The Conservative Political Action Conference is set to begin this weekend, and early indications are that much of it will be dedicated to worshipping former President Donald Trump.

In fact, as a video posted by Bloomberg News' William Turton shows, CPAC will even feature a literal gold statue of the former twice-impeached one-term president, who will also be a keynote speaker at the event.

Link to tweet

Many Twitter users noted that a gold Trump statue would seem to violate biblical commandments against idolatry, and it drew comparisons to the golden calf idol destroyed by Moses in the Old Testament.

More (Twitter reactions to the golden jack ass)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cpac-2650809338/

[soothsayer]

1. You can see his golden calves

As some smart comment said

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. ...

Nehemiah 9:18


“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

[COL Mustard]

80. Guess They Missed The Part About Idolatry

And probably got the version of the Ten Commandments that says Thou Shalt Commit Adultery!

[Ferrets are Cool]

88. LMAO

Yeah, they seem to love that commandent.

[Ilsa]

48. that was excellent.

I'm awaiting a meteor shower specifically on that building.

[eppur_se_muova]

58. Just so we can't see The Golden Ass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass

[COL Mustard]

81. Or The...Ahem....Golden Globes

Apologies to anyone who just lost their appetite.

[lagomorph777]

72. Hah! And baggy boxers over his golden hiney.

[Hekate]

78. Those are surfboard shorts, or Bermuda shorts, or golf shorts....

Probably.

[Zoonart]

2. I'm more interested in what the F is up with the magic wand?

[wnylib]

29. Golden scepter for the king.

[Zoonart]

34. Oh brother.

That’s comedy gold right there.

[dianaredwing]

76. Do you think

the writers at SNL are paying the repugs for material?

[superpatriotman]

3. If lightning does not strike this conclave

The existence of God should be put to bed at last.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Commandments 1 and 2

1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.

But I doubt the evangelicals attending will object.

[tanyev]

14. CPAC:

[Ziggysmom]

66. That was my first thought after seeing the golden cowrump!

[AllaN01Bear]

19. i was thinking on the same lines .:)

[Iliyah]

5. It's ugly . . .

I'm pretty sure China could have done better.

[wnylib]

31. I think the face kinda resembles Alfred E Newman.

[Siwsan]

6. WTAF is WRONG with these people!?!??

[gab13by13]

8. I mean really,

Have these people been lurking in the shadows all along and Trump hit the "ON" Button?

Someone said yesterday that America has a Marie LaPen party now.

[PatSeg]

20. Seriously

It is like they are trying to self-destruct. That is so ridiculous, it looks like a clip from a really bad satirical movie, something that no sane person could take seriously. I wonder whose idea that bit of insanity was.

I seem to remember some years ago when Donald Trump wasn't running for president, he made an appearance at CPAC. Many were opposed to it, as he was viewed as a vulgar joke, even by CPAC participants. Now they display a golden statue of him! One positive thing that Trump has done is he has revealed so many people for who they really are and they are far worse than we could have imagined.

[Siwsan]

26. It's almost like he's become a warped deity or addictive drug, in somewhat human form.

People just turn off their common sense and worship him.

[PatSeg]

38. It is like some kind of mass hypnosis

Something out of a weird science fiction movie.

[packman]

79. Keep in mind it's not solid gold - but gilt

super thin and usually used to enhance a cheap object or to give the illusion of wealth

[PatSeg]

92. Just like everything in Trump World

[steventh]

7. Have they no shame?

I like this one:

We always knew these MAGAts and evangelicals were fake Christian heretics. They finally broke out the golden calf.

[Iliyah]

11. "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" . .. .

Exodus 20:2 and Deuteronomy 5:6

[Croney]

9. I think it looks like a young Jimmy Carter with a pompadour.

I hope it's bugged by the FBI.

[wnylib]

33. Nah, the face looks to me like Alfred E Newman.

[AKwannabe]

10. Just

Fucking. NO!

[Bettie]

12. I am an atheist but was raised in a religion

and every day more shit happens that makes me think, Um, guys, this is EXACTLY what your holy book says will happen when the "antichrist" comes. Like, literally all of it.

[twodogsbarking]

22. God wanted it that way

aren't ya listenin'?
Great post.

[AZ8theist]

24. As a life long atheist myself, I agree with your points...

But the thing that really gets to me is this:

Why would these people want to get behind the dumbest motherfucker in human history???

Every other dictator in history had "abilities", however despicable, to achieve their goals.
But Doturd is just a fucking MORON.

I just don't get the worship of such a small, small loser.....

[wnylib]

35. His one ability is the big con.

[rampartc]

46. the "prosperity gospel" preachers, and they are all flying to cpac on private jets

have convinced their followers that this bankrupt con man is a billionaire favored by their god

[colorado_ufo]

98. Not relevant. It is about power, and they are all masochists.

The WANT to be dominated. Just this morning, I saw a video clip of Mussolini, playing to the crowd, nose in the air, beaming in arrogance as if nothing in the world could touch him - "all powerful," "all knowing." Even the mannerisms reflected Trump, and the crowd was enthralled.

It is a dance between wanting to be dominated and yet wanting power for themselves. This, and greed, and haunting feelings of inferiority.

This is the problem at its deepest, darkest level. Logic doesn't remotely enter into it.

After all, the Biblical golden calf was just a hunk of metal.

[William Gustafson]

118. I wonder if he will end up like Mussolini did....

hanging in the the city as all the people finally realized they have been conned.... so they stoned him beyond resignation.
Think the MAGA's are capable of doing the same thing?....

[mrsadm]

115. Absolutely!

They have no shame and no brains.

[PatSeg]

30. Yeah, pretty much

I think the reason some fundamentalists supported Trump, was they wanted the End Times to come so badly in their lifetimes. Of course, many are just blind and they see a great leader.

[JHB]

39. "Antichrist" you say? As God as my witness, I'll never pass up a chance to repost this

From http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/blog/antichrist/

A little context: the cartoonist, Dave Willis, grew up in a strict conservative evangelical household, and Joyce, the little kid/older kid/young woman in this progression is something of an alter-ego of his about how that bubble bursts for some people, and of some of the hypocrisies that manifest in the people that never leave it.

[oldsoftie]

51. I just mentioned how this is the closest we've been to an Antichrist.

The WORSHIP of trump

[Hortensis]

13. Lol, ridiculously appropriate for those idolators. Has Trump even been

seen in public in shorts since his tennis-whites butt went viral?

[malaise]

15. Well there'e their golden

bullshitter -ho fucking stupid

[Taylor Picker]

16. ...and count the ninnies walking around unmasked in that clip.

Another superspreader event.

[uponit7771]

17. Isn't this supposed to be a cow?! :smirk:

[JHB]

42. Well, it IS full of bovine excrement.

By smell, they were right on target.

[papa3times]

18. How fucking pathetic

is that?! Watching these Trumpist assholes literally worshiping the golden calf of Trump.

[Beetwasher.]

25. Yes, And Forgetting the Biblical Consequences of Doing That

What a party that was!

[East-A-Squared]

21. I am surprised that there is no gold butt for the CPACers to kiss.

[Hotler]

32. Na, they have to line up and kiss the real thing. nt

[BelieveCassandra]

37. Well, he is not wearing pants, I was wondering why....

I really cannot wrap my mind around why those who worship him came up with such a undignified caricature.

[keithbvadu2]

68. He has such a statue - with Lindsey on duty.

[Sugarcoated]

111. Where would I find that gif?

[keithbvadu2]

112. Do a right click

Do a right click

Select copy link location

Paste it into a new window

[Beetwasher.]

23. Don't These Idiots Remember What Happened in the Bible After The Golden Idol Was Unveiled?

Never mind. Carry on.

[Wounded Bear]

28. And they say they're not a cult of personality...

[Sugar Smack]

36. Don't they know that that's a caricature?

The big head on that *thing* and the absolutely ridiculous look on its face. It's like a giant gold stiff-necked bobblehead wearing a tie, shorts and flip-flops. On wheels. How could that insane looking thing inspire admiration?

[not fooled]

57. The Bob's Big Boy

from hell.

Apologies to Bob's Big Boy.

]

[Sugar Smack]

77. It's UNCANNY.

[COL Mustard]

82. I Used To Like Shoney's Big Boy

I'll never look at it the same way again.

Any other cherished childhood memories you want to trash??????

[FakeNoose]

40. It's not gold, it's plastic!

A plastic Chump in shorts and sandals. What a joke.

[ego_nation]

41. I used to question whether Christian Conservatives' Bibles had the

New Testament in them.

Now I wonder whether it even has the Old Testament.

[pawismom]

43. ?

Is this actually real?

[Maru Kitteh]

84. Yes. It is real.

For real.

[TFRD]

44. I have no words...

[Ilsa]

45. That golden idol thingy didn't work out too well for the first group

that tried it. But it would be fun if the GOP spent forty years wandering, lost in the desert.

I'm wondering: what are the 12 tribes of the GOP?
Magats
Naziclones
Greedys
Liars
Insurrectors
Idolators
Lapdogs

others?

[packman]

61. The Quanites and Guntoters

[Ilsa]

100. I love "Guntoters," and can't believe I forgot

about the Qanonites. Quite excellent!

[keithbvadu2]

70. Prosperity Gospelites

[movingviolation]

103. The incels, and ammo-sexuals

[Ilsa]

105. The Trump Tribes are almost complete!

Incels
Ammosexuals
Magats
Naziclones
Greedys
Liars
Insurrectors
Idolators
Lapdogs
Guntoters
QAnonites
Prosperity Gospelites

That makes a dozen! May the quail and manna be few and the locust be plentiful as they wander the desert, no GPS, for 40 years!

[movingviolation]

120. Amen.

[JohnnyRingo]

47. Let's put the shoe on the other foot for a moment.

Doesn't fit, does it? Of course it doesn't, because we're sane.

[Cozmo]

49. What Fools they be

[birdographer]

50. The former guy

is going to love this. I was thinking recently about how he must miss being able to gather some of his sycophants around a table and make them each praise him in turn.

As I mutter here just about every day, the world would be a vastly better place if he would just die.

[keithbvadu2]

73. Much praise

Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, "On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people and we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals."

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[RVN VET71]

110. I threw up in my mouth when Priebus sucked so hard on Trump's fat ego that day

Thanks for reminding me of the event and making me do it again!

The only person in that room who didn’t kiss the Trump butt at that meeting was Secretary Mattis. He did not praise Trump but said he was grateful for the opportunity to work hard for America’s defense and, especially, for our men and women in uniform. Every stinking’ other member of Trump’s circle lined up and smooched away at that humongous ass.

Yechh! There I go again!

[The Jungle 1]

52. Republicans love celebrating treason.

Just look at all the statues they built down south.
Why would any American build a statue to celebrate Lee.
We should have hung Lee and Davis.

[yellowcanine]

53. Moses will destroy it.

[Initech]

54. Makes about as much sense as a gold toilet does.

[kacekwl]

55. They got it spot on. A cartoon looking, clown

dressed traitor. Perfect.

[bedazzled]

56. little tiny hands

they are too stupid to see the mockery in it

[lagomorph777]

74. OMG - you're right!

[eppur_se_muova]

59. Is this from the same people who created the 45 balloon ?? Has Poe's Law struck again ??

I can't wait to hear that the folks at CPAC didn't realize it was a parody -- Uglicans are thoroughly parody-blind.

These seems right up there with something Billionaires for Bu**sh** would do.

[tblue37]

64. Poe's Law was my reaction, too.

[eppur_se_muova]

69. I am going to refuse to believe otherwise -- and tell my QOP relatives they've been punked. nt

[movingviolation]

104. or maybe they're making another "The Corporation" movie.

But yeah, they aren't too much into subtlety, so this will go right over their pointy *rump addled heads.

[PatrickforB]

60. So...I wonder if these 'christians' see any parallel here between

the golden calf and the golden Trump?

[lagomorph777]

75. Golden Hind vs Golden Hiney?

[live love laugh]

62. How do you mock the shameless?

[Hekate]

63. Guys, guys, don't you remember the 2016 hack of DU? That's the God Emperor Trump!

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhh....

[pdxflyboy]

65. I wonder if DT is gonna hump that thing onstage...

The way he humped the flag last year?

[Baitball Blogger]

67. The inside joke:

They used a troll doll for the body.

[tikka]

71. 50/50 on whether the former guy will like it or hate it.

He will like the attention but really hate the statue. He would never be seen in public in shorts, flip-flops, and tie loosened. This is the guy that slapped Junior for trying to wear a jersey to a baseball game and made him put on a suit. He also said the insurrectionists looked "low-classed."

[NCjack]

83. Trump is the biggest criminal USA has every had. That will be reveal ever increasingly

over the next 4 years. The idiots responsible for the idol have tattooed "666" on their foreheads, for all to see for the remainder of their lives.

[twodogsbarking]

85. You have to admit,

they do have vivid imaginations.

[LiberalLovinLug]

86. I posted this cartoon on my mostly unused FB page for my evangelical relatives to see last year

Last edited Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:34 PM - Edit history (1)

Now its literally coming true!



edit: So I just now, posted that image from this OP of that new Trump idol, and wrote this, so my Trump supporting evangelical relatives will see it:

Wow. I posted a cartoon once of Trump as the Golden Calf worshipped by followers. Even I'm gobsmacked that it actually came true. A golden statue of a twice impeached, one term President. Who told over 30,000 documented lies.

His biggest legislative passed bill was giving himself and his rich friends huge tax cuts adding over a trillion to the debt, ignored climate change while cutting pollution regs, separated children from their refugee parents to intimidate brown immigrants from "sh%$hole countries" from even trying, over 500 parents cannot be located now.

A man lived an elitist hedonistic life, who rejects God, says doesn't need Him, can't name a verse, cheats on wives, stiffs contractors, indebted to Russian oligarchs after one too many bankruptcies meant he couldn't get a loan from American banks, and with a very long history of racist behaviour and encouraging white supremacists. One time caught for screening black renters from his buildings.

This foul mouthed, petulant child-man, who can't face facts, like he lost the election. Not to mention how his selfish concern for bad political optics led him to refuse to take the pandemic seriously early enough, and caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. Politicized a pubic health measure like mask wearing! And to this day has encouraged skepticism of how deadly COVID19 has been.

I frankly am embarrassed so many I know have been fooled by this charlatan who coddles, admires and praises dictators like Putin, who was a high KGB official at the time when the Communists were torturing and imprisoning Evangelicals. Astonishing. It was always hard to imagine how so many Germans could be convinced Hitler was the answer. Not so much anymore. And its sad to watch.

[muriel_volestrangler]

95. Not just that cartoon:

[LiberalLovinLug]

99. Yup. And that image is so apropriate to describe Trumpsters

But especially the evangelical community, where religious symbolism is used all the time

[EndlessWire]

89. So sickening!

Just disgusting!

What does he have in his right hand? A very tiny hand, I might add.

I wish we could fly the Trump Baby Balloon overhead, but I read it was sent to a museum somewhere.

These people have sold their souls. Honestly, you don't have to be a Believer to see how wrong THIS is!

[UCmeNdc]

90. Republicans love them some Trumpy

[Chrisdutch]

91. The Golden Jackass

How's he able to stand with the bone spurs?

[twodogsbarking]

93. Is it butter or

lard?

[Cha]

94. Good descriptions by Brad Reed!

[twodogsbarking]

96. Fool's Gold

Need I say more.

[ecstatic]

97. The very definition of idolotry

smfh. You really can't make this shit up. F*cking dumbasses.

[movingviolation]

101. They are ignorant of their own religious commandments, as well as United States flag code..

The Golden Con is wearing Bermuda shorts with U.S. flag pattern...

§ 8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
Or Trumps ass.

(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.

I'm no fortunate son, but c'mon, really.

[Larissa]

102. Wow, the symbolism

Exodus 32: Upon returning from the mountain with the tablets of the Law and seeing the people worshipping the golden calf, Moses broke the tablets (symbolic of breaking the covenant relationship with God) and had the idol melted down, pulverized, and mixed with water.

[Marcuse]

106. So they will wander in the political wilderness for 40 years?

[BlueWavePsych]

107. K&R

Truly ridiculous

[TNNurse]

108. My friend described it as

The Shoney's Big Boy statue 2021.

[Maeve]

109. Or the Golden Gaffe

Looks like a really big mistake

[Beringia]

113. My cousins are big Christian fundamentalists who live in farmland

I am curious what they think of trump, but they think people who live in cities are already not good people because of all the things that go on in cities, and they always felt they were so much better than our city family too, so I am not even going to try asking. Since our grandparents are gone, we don't see them anymore.

[Aussie105]

114. Oh, please, somebody!

Tell me this is a joke!
A prop for a SNL skit being wheeled to a studio?

I just can't believe this is meant to be serious!

But if it is . . .

The rest of the USA and the world are on notice that there is insanity in some quarters!

If serious - no, it can't be! The implications are frightening!
Somebody, quick, tell me this is a joke!

Fuses in my head. Seriously blown.

[diverdownjt]

116. tRump's Big Bioy Statue....

Where are the hamburgrs?

[nvme]

117. Spot on

Reminds me of the Idol in the movie "Dogma"

[Cinnamonspice]

119. Really stupid.

It seriously looks like something liberals would come up with to mock Trump, but Trump supporters came up with it. Would they like to blow up the cry baby Trump in Britain as well?

SNL and The Onion need to take a break because some of these Republicans can take it from here with the humor.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

121. How can any christian not be offended by this?

Link to tweet

[The Wizard]

122. Just wrong and weird

on so many levels. Normal people do not attend CPAC. The Golden cofefve / hamberder.