Is He Dead Yet is causing a firestorm. The Democratic Party

[leftyladyfrommo]

was giving out bracelets with thus on them. One went to a child and now everybody's screaming about it.

Just came over my news.

Good Job!

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. In Wisconsin at a State Fair.

So funny. It just exploded. It's on the news.

[FarPoint]

2. Oh well.....

It happens..... let's not sweat the small stuff....go forward. Resist!

[Seinan Sensei]

17. Are the Epstein files released yet?

[littlemissmartypants]

26. Keep hope alive! RESIST!! ✊️

[Walleye]

4. But Trump can get away with saying Democrats are enemies, and he hates them all

How many times have we heard maga saying Nancy Pelosi should be shot? Maga are a bunch of yellow-bellied cowards.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. These guys are for executing or jailing just about everyone. Or suing.

Next we will have ruch guys falling out of 70 story windows.

No one can trust anyone ans paranoia is running rampant. That's got to be an awful place to work.

[Captain Zero]

28. Hell, he has called Dems terrorists.

While he puts unidentified jackboot thugs in our peaceful communities.

Fuck him if he can't take a joke.

[littlemissmartypants]

29. And he's put it in an official document...

NSPM-7
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
Presidential Memoranda
September 25, 2025

https://democraticunderground.com/100220722679

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. 'Is he dead yet?' Trump buttons get Democratic booth kicked from fair, OH cops say

trump supporters lack a sense of humor and objected to these buttons

Read "‘Is he dead yet?’ Trump buttons get Democratic booth kicked from fair, OH cops say" on SmartNews:
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

l.smartnews.com/p-6frSHzfW/F...

— Ms. Future Hope (@msfuturehope.bsky.social) 2025-09-22T02:25:01.529Z

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article312201409.html

A Democratic Party booth was booted from a county fair in Ohio over “offensive,” politically-charged buttons, officials say. The Ashland County Democratic Party booth was removed from the county fair on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 18, after fair officials “were made aware of offensive buttons” at the booth, fair officials said in a Facebook post.

“We are a family friendly fair and do not condone this from any vendor/merchant. We apologize for those who saw the display,” officials said, adding that the decision was “not political, we just can’t have this at our County Fair!”

The buttons seemed to be referring to President Donald Trump, news outlets report.

On one of the buttons was an image of a red baseball cap, emblazoned with the word “felon,” and in bold text below, asking “Is he dead yet?” WOIO reported. Another button with the same design but different text read “one day we will wake up to his obituary.”

The Ashland County Democratic Party said in a Facebook post that the buttons were, in hindsight, something “we should have thought about … more,” given the current political climate in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. It's catching fire. Next it will be on the National News and the View. nt

[Farmer-Rick]

43. That's infringement of our freedom of speech

All the names they called Biden. All the death threats against Pelosi. All the threats they constantly throw at proud liberals, Democrats and socialist. That's all ok.

But asking the question if a demented, convicted felon and pedo is dead yet is somehow wrong? It's our right to ask the questio.

[Jack Valentino]

68. Truck rear-gate decals which showed President Biden bound and gagged,

with a bullet hole through his head----! Don't forget THAT one!


Frankly, I'd buy one of those substituting Trump for Biden,
but I don't even own a truck.....

[Seinan Sensei]

60. Charlie Kirk said

[Pres Joe Biden] "should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America."

[Blue Owl]

8. Nothing like being lectured by the party of pedophiles and zip-tying children

[W_HAMILTON]

18. And pushing over old women and shooting priests in the head.

[gulliver]

9. It's a another win for Trump and MAGA unfortunately

Their whole strategy is to keep us fixated on Trump and to draw uncreative, childish crap like this "is he dead yet?" from fools who claim to be on our side.

They want us drowning ourselves in the quicksand of resentment, seething, and shrill. They don't want us thinking and organizing. They don't want us attracting new leaders. They don't want us learning lessons.

[littlemissmartypants]

31. I beg to differ.

In psychological circles there is a standard maxim.

Anger is fear in translation.

If they are angry. They are afraid.

The repetitive, pervasive mentions of his impending death are a form of psychological warfare. And it isn’t the only tool in the toolbox.

[BaronChocula]

47. Agreed

Not that I have much faith in people "in the middle," but the cult has lost lots of ground with them since the election. I'm sure more "independents" are sympathetic to that bracelet than they are the child molester.

More psyops!

[littlemissmartypants]

48. RESIST!! ✊️

[BaronChocula]

51. But what did they win?

No one will remember this in five minutes and the Cult makes up even worse lies than this ridiculously insignificant truth. I watched a cult defender on a CNN panel (it was a clip posted here since I don't watch CNN) Gish gallop through a list of so-called left-wing violence and of course they weren't examples of left-wing violence. They were acts like the arson committed at the PA Governor's Mansion. No known motive, but that didn't stop the lying.

How do we fight back? Talk about what the Cult is really doing.

[Skittles]

69. who says we aren't thinking and organizing?

WE CAN MULTI-TASK

[Blues Heron]

71. Wrong. It's a multi pronged approach of which this is but one prong. It's not for the timid though. Be strong.

You have to hit the Nazis hard with basic truths- we would all be better off if he was six feet under. That’s why it’s a good meme that’s going viral now with the help of these douchebag dumbfuck sherrifs

[Dulcinea]

10. People can get that stuff on eBay, Etsy, etc.

I personally have an Is He Dead Yet sticker. No fair to blame the Democratic Party! Capitalism in action!

[Cerium]

23. I do too.

I have that sticker on my truck. I don't think it is out of bounds, nor childish. It may be the only way the cult dies.

[Wednesdays]

55. Welcome to DU!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

74. Welcome to DU

[littlemissmartypants]

75. Psychological warfare. Welcome to DU, Cerium. 👋

❤️ RESIST!! ✊️

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

11. Republicans might see "Is He Dead Yet" as trademark infringement! "We own death!"--GOP

[littlemissmartypants]

46. That's not hard to believe about a bunch of psychopaths.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[some_of_us_are_sane]

52. Yep!

That's a "FOX ONLY" news fan.

[Blues Heron]

12. asshole sheriffs tossing out free speech because people despise his lord and master the rapist traitor

[Scrivener7]

13. Well ... but is he?

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. I hope this doesn't blow back on DU. nt

[Prairie_Seagull]

15. I share your concern leftylady. nt

[Blues Heron]

32. More like the Streisand effect, the more people that hear the phrase, the better. There is no bad publicity

[littlemissmartypants]

44. Have you looked at what is said about DU historically?

One pervasive theme is that we're just a bunch of hair on fire babies over here.

I'd rather not fuel that fire.

RESIST!! ✊️

[Aviation Pro]

16. Protected Speech

Sue.

[littlemissmartypants]

37. Exactly!

[twodogsbarking]

19. Maybe soon he will be reunited with his best friend, Jeff.

[sop]

20. It's a perfectly legitimate question to ask about a 79-year-old man who looks like death warmed over.

We're all really worried about him, and many concerned Americans just want to know if it's time to fly their flags at half-staff.

[Exp]

21. Just Asking! nt

[Blues Heron]

35. Lol!

[Ol Janx Spirit]

22. It's a stupid move. Democrats need to be focused on the real issues and convincing the people in the middle...

...that they are serious about addressing the issues they care about. This kind of message does not do anything but inflame the right and convince the middle that maybe they have a point.

This is a pointless way of giving the other side ammunition to use against you in the realm of public opinion, and it does nothing to address any of the issues most voters really care about.

[relayerbob]

24. 100% this. 100% dumb

I don’t find it funny here, and definitely not on bracelets, etc.

[Blues Heron]

42. 100 percent good if it gets under their skin especially after the dead Nazi guy Charles

It makes them absolutely lose their shit which is a good thing

[relayerbob]

61. Nope. Gives them fuel and propaganda points.Gives us nothing

Win-lose setup

[Blues Heron]

70. How does it give us nothing, it's a major moral booster. We're all looking forward to that happy day, soon hopefully

As for fuel, they are rabid anyway. Win for us, lose for them. Especially if they take the bait and get people thinking about a potentially dead don.

[littlemissmartypants]

36. Freedom of speech. Sound familiar?

[Ol Janx Spirit]

65. Hmm. No, I had to look it up.

Of course, we currently have freedom of speech as defined by the First Amendment. The Republicans that control the Senate, the House of Representatives, the White House, and the Supreme Court of the U.S. would love to end that for our side--and they have a lot of power to do so currently.

I take that seriously. Anything that does not help our cause hurts our cause.

Please forgive me for speaking my mind.

[littlemissmartypants]

66. Freedom of speech, Ol Janx Spirit. Let freedom ring.

Let her rip. Don't hold back. ❤️

[Blues Heron]

38. No, they will attack us anyway. This a legit question- his swelling is very serious, he could croak any minute!

By the way, he didn’t die today did he, haven’t seen the news

[BaronChocula]

45. No

[sad emoji]

[leftstreet]

50. Enough with the mythical "middle"

6+ million reliably Democratic voters went for Biden, but didn't show up for Harris

Seems like a problem worth solving, rather than chasing this elusive "middle"

[Wednesdays]

56. We could do both?

[Midwestern Democrat]

59. In fairness, this was not sanctioned by the county Democratic Party - this was done by a volunteer who went rouge

and distributed unauthorized items without the party's knowledge or approval. I don't know how a party can 100% prevent unsupervised volunteers from doing stupid stuff like this.

[W_HAMILTON]

64. Your concern is duly noted.

[spanone]

25. Couldn't care less if they're screaming about it.

[Beartracks]

27. Political bracelet on child's wrist: BAD!!1! Zip-ties on child's wrists: Good!!

Republican logic.

===========================

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Zing! 🪄💫

[Hekate]

58. Damn. Ain't that the truth.

[Mike Nelson]

30. Listen for the phrase...

... "President Vance said ..." It will be a big clue.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Freedom of Speech!! Fuck Off, Losers!! RESIST!! ✊️

[MineralMan]

39. Predictable. That's why I have avoided that slogan entirely.

I think it is a mistake, to be very frank. But, my response is simply not to use it. I'm not about banning any sort of speech. I'm in control of my own speech, but don't wish to be in control of the speech of others.

[BaronChocula]

40. Oh no! This will sink us in the midterms a year from now!

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That is unless magas eagerly find another target for their unbridled anger in the next five minutes like Skittles (the candy, not the DU member) because they're the color of the rainbow. Or the show "Chicago P.D." because it's set in Chicago. Or BET because it doesn't show enough white people.

Or unless their mango messiah does a million other batshit crazy things this week.

My zen advice regarding what may anger maga and a few maga-adjacents is fuckthoseguys. The momentum is on our side.There's no foreseeable reason people are going to start liking what's going on with the child molester. The dam is breaking within his own party. It's just on us to keep reminding everyone what really at stake.

[Felicita]

41. Merely a question posed, not a call for a violent act

If the buttons/stickers/bracelets just said "Is he dead yet" without any pictures of red hats or other references to the felon-in-chief, then they might not have gotten kicked out of the fair, or at least shouldn't have, as it leaves it totally up in the air who the question is referring to (even though many will assume you-know-who). The question does not call for violence or wish death upon anyone, just an inquiry into whether "he" is dead. Should be protected by free speech.

[kacekwl]

53. TOUGH. I ask myself

that question every day. Get over it snowflakes.

[Torchlight]

54. Sky's not falling over this, despite the best wishes of the right wing

The only people triggered by this are the same blissfully indignant who take offense at “Happy Holidays,” “Good Morning,” or “God Bless,” those so eager to feel insulted, they’ll find one even where none exists. The offense taken is wholly fictional, a simple tool for simple tools to make the cross they hang from bigger, brighter, and more easily seen.

[Orrex]

57. I approve of this.

[JI7]

62. Who is everybody ? what do these "everybody" have to say about

the Pedophile protectors in Congress and pedo Trump ?

[republianmushroom]

63. I'm supose to be concern that some republican snowflakes

don't like what I think and/or say of their orange god. Jeez. Get real dudes.

[Blues Heron]

72. These snowflakes can dish it out but they sure can't take it. They're the ones that gave us "better dead than red"

[Jack Valentino]

67. PFFFFFFFFT! Now I'm wondering "who makes bracelets?"

[Initech]

73. Fuck Donald Trump and anyone who still supports him!

[Submariner]

76. If Orrex patented "Is He Dead Yet?"

at a nickel a pop, Orrex could be a multi-millionaire.

Congrats Orrex, you're rich for life.