I think that’s the main form of freakery most politicians have: a pathological inability to take the small little every day L’s like someone pronouncing their name wrong or whatever. Buttigieg selling t-shirts with how to pronounce his name, etc. Their insecurity is palpable and discomfiting.

Trump was singular in his grooming to be able to triple and quadruple down about “no I didn’t just say the thing I just said” and they all think they can just do it now, but it’s just making clear how few people actually like em, and how weird it is they’re in power, when nobody likes em