It's MAGA cosplay time.
This edition features far-right Senator Mike Lee introducing a bill allowing private citizens to play pirates and to seize Venezuelan ships.
What Lee is proposing is nothing more than a maritime version of the Proud Boys turned loose in international waters.
What could possibly go wrong?
Are you kidding me?
Let's back up for a moment and see where the inspiration for this crazy idea came from. Little known fact: American piracy is permitted by the U.S. Constitution with government approval. Who knew?
During the 1700s, following the founding of the nation, when the British had the most powerful navy in the world, the founders essentially state-sanctioned piracy. They issued a "writ" or commission called a Letter of Marque which was basically a get out of jail free card.
Later, during the War of 1812 against Britain "writs" were handed out to anyone with a ship and a grudge against England.
Back to the present.
Today, the United States is considered to have the strongest navy in the world. As Trump put it, "...we have the greatest armada in the world off the coast of Venezuela."
So why commission pirates when the largest aircraft carrier in the world and its accompanying fleet, are already there?
I'll tell you why, Lee is counting on the ignorance of the populace to pass his bill, which he calls The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act. The idea is for private citizens and groups (note groups) in defending America from cartels at sea.
I can just see a ship with a Trump flag flying and full of far-right luminaries cruising around in international waters looking for trouble. Nothing to worry about with that crew defending freedom, right?
The way I look at it, Trump is the equivalent of a Somali pirate for illegally seizing two Venezuelan oil tankers and murdering 104 people in small boats. No quarter given. This is just another example of Trump minions trying to impress dear leader.
You know the world is upside down right now when you have a lawmaker announcing he's fine with pirates and murder. In normal times Lee would have been laughed out of the chamber for proposing such lunatic legislation.
Of course, these are not normal times, ever since Trump got into politics and infused them with his special poison.
I can't help wondering if Lee has been following Kristi Noem's cosplay characters and it inspired him to come up with playing pirates.
As it Stands, I think I'm immune to being shocked by the stupid things MAGA morons do for the First Felon.
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