Adventures in Wilhoit’s Law

Chris “someone roasting a chicken in Dayton proves that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating pets in Springfield I am a very serious intellectual” Rufo has a secret that seems material given his participation in Trump/Vance’s fascist war on Ohio:

Conservative activist and firebrand Christopher Rufo is married to a woman who came to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant. pic.twitter.com/wwGZMbzQmL— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) September 19, 2024

Of course, Rufo can be confident that Stephen Miller’s brownshirts wouldn’t try to send her to one of his denaturalization camps — the fact that mass deportation would have to be arbitrary is a feature, not a bug, for the authoritarian mind in general. But at least the political press can continue to allow him to be frustrated that he can’t create scandals out of nothing at all anymore.

We have successfully frozen their brand – "Chris Rufo" – into the public conversation and are steadily driving up negative perceptions. We will eventually turn it toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category. The goal is to have the public…— Ben Marsh (@PastorBenMarsh) September 20, 2024