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FakeNoose

(37,597 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 12:31 PM Jun 1

The Borowitz Report: America's Top Traitor, the Final Smackdown

This is a poll for Borowitz's paid subscribers, and I'm one of them. However I thought it would be fun for DUers to play along. Andy Borowitz has been running this as a weekly column for several weeks now and the voting for "America's Top Traitor" has narrowed down to two candidates.



Link (for paid subscribers only): https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/americas-top-traitor-the-final-quisling

Last week, thousands of TBR readers voted for America’s Top Traitor from a field of five despicable finalists: Clarence Thomas, Stephen Miller, Brett Kavanaugh, Mitch McConnell, and JD Vance.

The votes have been counted, and the two most heinous quislings have emerged from the pack.

It’s time for you to cast the final vote and decide which of these two weaselly turncoats is America’s Top Traitor:

The winner will be announced next week. May the worst scumbag win!


I'm not trying to tip the scale in either direction, but I've made my feelings known. I've voted for Mitch McConnell on a weekly basis. Not only has he done lasting damage to our democracy, he was the initial enabler to Chump's first run for the Presidency. McConnell twisted Speaker Paul Ryan's arm ('memba him?) to accept Chump's candidacy against his better judgment. At every twist and turn McConnell was there, enabling Chump to do even more destruction to our government and our country. Oh, he is an evil man!

Please post your choice and reasons below...

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The Borowitz Report: America's Top Traitor, the Final Smackdown (Original Post) FakeNoose Jun 1 OP
McConnell The Blue Flower Jun 1 #1
Also Mitch. He could have stopped a lot of the corruption and idiocy. jls4561 Jun 1 #2
Of course he did Bmoboy Jun 1 #3
I voted for Moscow Mitch Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 1 #4
I'm pretty sure Mitch will win the Borowitz poll. jls4561 Jun 1 #5
Yes, he's been winning all along FakeNoose Jun 1 #6
Probably Mitch. But Miller would be more sinister in an SS uniform. Paladin Jun 1 #7

jls4561

(2,421 posts)
2. Also Mitch. He could have stopped a lot of the corruption and idiocy.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:35 PM
Jun 1

Guess he loved power and money more than his country.

Bmoboy

(485 posts)
3. Of course he did
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:39 PM
Jun 1

He had power and money and wanted more.
His loyalty to country was always an illusion.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,385 posts)
4. I voted for Moscow Mitch
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:57 PM
Jun 1

Though I despise Stephen Miller, McConnell has done a lot more damage to the country.

jls4561

(2,421 posts)
5. I'm pretty sure Mitch will win the Borowitz poll.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 03:51 PM
Jun 1

Someone should make a trophy - maybe a bust of Vidkun Quisling, who spent his final days in prison.

FakeNoose

(37,597 posts)
6. Yes, he's been winning all along
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 03:57 PM
Jun 1

I didn't want to spoil it for the DUers though. McConnell has beaten the other contenders (even Miller) by a large margin.

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