'Cringe and culty': Internet derided Republicans for sporting ear bandages at RNC convention in solidarity with Donald Trump

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN: At the Republican National Convention, attendees have come up with a somewhat innovative method to demonstrate their support for former President Donald Trump after he survived the recent assassination attempt.

On Tuesday, July 16, several convention delegates were seen wearing ear bandages as a nod to the ex-president's current appearance following the shooting incident where a bullet grazed past his right ear, fortunately evading a fatal gunshot, per the Independent.

One Republican delegate even referred to the ear bandage as "the newest fashion trend."

During an interview with CBS News, Joe Neglia, a delegate from Arizona, said, “Everybody in the world is going to be wearing these pretty soon,” referring to the white piece of paper over his right ear which he wore in solidarity with the 78-year-old MAGA figurehead.

What did Republican convention attendees say about bandage over Donald Trump’s injured right ear?

Joe Neglia told Fox News that he was encouraged to do the same when former President Trump entered the auditorium on Monday night to a standing ovation, with a white bandage visible over his injured right ear.

“Yesterday when he came in, and there was that eruption of love in the room, I thought, ‘what can I do to honor the truth? What can I possibly do?’” Neglia said on Tuesday.

“And then I saw the bandage and I thought, I can do that. So, I put it on simply to honor Trump and to express sympathy with him and unity with him,” the delegate claimed.

In a show of solidarity with the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, fellow Arizona delegate, Stacey Goodman was also seen wearing a folded piece of paper behind her ear, saying she jumped on the bandwagon “in solidarity with my president, Trump, not the current thing that’s in the administration.”

After officially securing enough delegates for the presidential ticket and announcing Sen JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice presidential pick, former President Donald Trump appeared at the RNC for the first time since the assassination attempt over the weekend.

Arriving at the Fiserv Forum Monday night with a white bandage around his ear, the ex-POTUS received a fervent reception from the crowd, who chanted "USA!" and "fight, fight, fight!" in response to the scenes coming out of the Pennsylvania campaign rally stage of him pumping his fists in the air after surviving the assassination attempt.

Wearing the bandage for a second night at the GOP convention, former President Trump listened to former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis endorse him on stage, after they had been his rivals in the 2024 Republican presidential race.

Despite his initial plan to deliver a scathing speech attacking President Joe Biden, Trump told the New York Post on Sunday that his near-death experience had led him to shift his focus to "unite the country."

Trump deemed his survival a "miracle" after narrowly avoiding a bullet by moving his head at just the right moment.

“I had all prepared an extremely tough speech, really good, all about the corrupt, horrible administration,” the 45th President of the United States said. “But I threw it away.”

Instead, the GOP presidential candidate said his convention speech will now take a different angle, claiming, “I want to try to unite our country.”

Internet derided Republicans for sporting ear bandages at convention in solidarity with Donald Trump

People online skewered the GOP and the ever-ardent followers of former President Donald Trump for donning white bandages on their right ear to show support for the 78-year-old presidential candidate who survived an assassination attempt last week with a minor injury to his right ear.

One X user claimed, "Most embarrassing cult in human history."

Another user said, "This is gonna be the cringiest thing I have ever seen."

Another user wrote, "So cringe and culty."

One user remarked, "Welp, cults are gonna cult."

Another user asked, "Wow. Are they really free thinkers?"

Another X user quipped, "They won’t cover their air holes to prevent infection, but useless ear diapers are all the rage. Got it."

Finally, this user tweeted, "Hey man. Uh y'all might be taking things a bit too far."

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