I'm having a hard time deciding which moment of the Republican National Convention's opening night was the most craven.
Was it Kimberley Guilfoyle's over-the-top Evita impersonation?
Donald Trump Jr.'s glassy eyed invocation of "Beijing Biden"?
The hostage video of the former hostages thanking President Donald Trump for freeing them from countries he then praised?
Nope, I'm going with the McCloskeys.
The most craven moment, hands down, belonged to the white couple from St. Louis who pointed guns at peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters from the front yard of their palatial home in June, were charged with a felony and have become the new darlings of the pro-gun movement.
The pair, both lawyers, sat in what appeared to be their well-appointed, wood-paneled living room and gave what should go down as one of the most racist appeals in recent American political history.
"You may have seen us, defending our home as a mob of protesters descended on our neighborhood," said Mark McCloskey.
"What you saw happen to us," said Patricia McCloskey, "could just as easily happen to any of you who are watching from quiet neighborhoods around our country."
Quiet neighborhoods? Hmmm, do go on.
"They aren't satisfied with spreading chaos and violence into our communities," Patricia continued. "They want to abolish the suburbs altogether, by ending single-family home zoning. This forced rezoning would bring crime, lawlessness and low-quality apartments into now-thriving suburban neighborhoods. Your family will not be safe in the radical Democrats' America."
Her paranoia dovetails nicely with Trump's strategy of using fear mongering on race to try to win back white suburban women who deserted him in 2018.
In a July tweet addressed to the "Suburban Housewives of America," he warned that "Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better!"
Wow.
