Those on the left are losing their minds. But this is just ridiculous.
And an MSNBC host started foaming at the mouth in alarming new moment caught on camera
On the third day of the Republican National Convention, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow expressed concern about Sen. JD Vance being former President Trump’s choice for vice president, while also criticizing the far-right’s affection for “Lord of the Rings.”
Maddow highlighted Vance’s connection to former PayPal CEO and Republican donor Peter Thiel, noting, “Peter Thiel has named his companies after things in the Lord of the Rings series of J.R.R. Tolkien books.”
She remarked, “Lord of the Rings is a sort of favorite cosmos for naming things and cultural references for a lot of far-right and alt-right figures, both in Europe and the United States. Peter Thiel names all these things after Tolkien figures in places like his company Palantir, for example.”
As Maddow continued to discuss Vance’s association with Trump, she pointed out that the name of Vance’s venture capital firm is part of what she sees as a troubling pattern.
“Like his mentor, like Peter Thiel, who had given him all his jobs in the world, Mr. Vance also when he founded his own venture capital firm with help from Peter Thiel, named it after a Lord of the Rings thing. He called it Narya, N-A-R-Y-A, which you can remember because it’s ‘Aryan,’ but you move the n to the front,” she said.
“Apparently that word has something to do with elves and rings from the Lord of the Rings series, I don’t know.”
Rachel Maddow having a normal one. Calls Lord of the Rings a right-wing dog whistle. (Based)
Refers to Gandalf’s Ring of Power “Narya” and says, it’s “Aryan” but you just move the “N.”
Hard-hitting mental breakdown goblin activity here. pic.twitter.com/stP0wA4NVN
— The Middle-earth Mixer (@MiddleearthMixr) July 18, 2024
While Maddow seemed to imply a sinister connection between Narya and “Aryan,” the truth is that Narya is named after one of the rings of power in the Lord of the Rings lore, specifically the ring of fire given to the elven kings.
Also, Maddow seems to forget that The Lord of the Rings movies came out in the early 2000s and garnered nearly $3 billion.
That and the books, along with Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” have sold hundreds of millions of copies, making them some of the highest-selling books of all time.
Are we to believe that Vance and anyone who went and saw those movies or read the books is a crypto-racist?
This is probably one of the biggest stretches anyone has made.
But what else would you expect from the likes of MSNBC?
It’s not like Vance or really anyone other than MSNBC’s dwindling fan base cares.
At the convention, Vance took center stage, sharing his journey from humble beginnings in Ohio to becoming a significant figure in American politics.
He emphasized Trump’s “America First” agenda, vowing to ensure that allies contribute fairly to global peace rather than exploiting “the generosity of the American taxpayer.”
On foreign policy, Vance promised a cautious approach to military engagement, stating that the administration would deploy service members to war “only when we must.”
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