In Which James O’Keefe Wears a “Constitution” Costume, Complete With Mickey Mouse Gloves and Clown Shoes
The right wing fever swamps are all abuzz with outrage today over fraudster James O’Keefe’s latest moronic stunt. This time the intrepid nincompoop dressed up as “The Constitution” and sprang out at unsuspecting Vassar students, trying to give them copies of what he obviously thinks of as a sacred talisman that must never be harmed.
O’Keefe sent one of his “undercover operatives” (mislabeled as a “journalist” in the video) into a counselor’s office, complaining that the constitution was a “trigger” for her.
“It’s just I’ve been kind of hiding out in my room ever since kind of scared, so, finally somebody told me I should maybe come talk to you about it and see if there’s anything that can happen or anything … They were handing the Constitution out on campus,” the reporter says.
“They were handing it out and as soon as I saw it you know I started to not be able to breathe, hyperventilating … vision went blurry and I just kind of just lost control.”
At that point the counselor obviously realized there was something not right about this person, possibly thinking she might be mentally disturbed. So she offers to shred the “journalist’s” copy of the constitution, to get this kook out of her office.
This is where all the wingnuts went cuckoo for cocoa puffs. OH MY GOD SHE SHREDDED THE HOLY CONSTITUTION OF AMURICA!!!! OUTRAGE!!!! You can see this bizarre freak-out all over the usual right wing sites today.
Sane people look at an asinine stunt like this and think, “So what?” But the conservative echo chamber doesn’t fall into that category.
Yes, that’s O’Keefe in the picture above. He completed his constitution costume with a tricorne hat, Mickey Mouse gloves and big red clown shoes. But for some reason they don’t see this as disrespectful.
(h/t: @grouchybagels.)
