Scapegoat Rodeo!

Of course, Punxsutawney Phil doesn't
make it a policy to call women liars,
so you know...advantage: groundhog.

Ok, so now this really is happening. That meeting between the President and the video game industry that Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced last week without anyone actually setting one up? Representatives from the Electronic Software Association as well as from the manufacturers of the three major consoles, have agreed to meet with the President this Thursday. At least that's according to Sarah Huckabee Sanders who, let's face it, is about as reliable as that groundhog people like to pretend can predict the weather.

You're probably wondering what they're going to talk about. Well, they're going to be discussing the things the video game industry should be doing to protect children from gun violence. Which...

"Uhh...he knows we make video games, right?"

-Reggie Fils-Aime, President

of Nintendo of America

Naahhh...

Good question Reggie Fils-Aime. The point of this meeting is a little confusing since the video game industry makes video games and not guns which would seem a more direct connection to the problem of gun violence. In fact, one wonders why gun manufacturers and the representatives from the NRA aren't being called in to address the epidemic of gun violence in America and lay out their strategy for keeping children safe from their products. Hey, you don't suppose it has anything to do with the super-tight ties Trump and the Republican party have to the NRA, do you?

"Yes. Fact-based. Absolutely. Huh?
No, I'm laughing about something
else. And now I have to go. Bye!"

-Sarah Sanders

Anyway, the ESA has been very clear that there is no scientific evidence of a relationship between video games and violent behavior and insist that the meeting will provide an:

"...opportunity to have a fact-based conversation about video game ratings, our industry's commitment to parents, and the tools we provide to make informed entertainment choices."

-The ESA's naively 

optimistic statement

Because if there's one thing this administration has been really good about, it's giving a shit about facts. I'm sure once they put some hard numbers in front of Trump, the administration will immediately drop their scapegoating of video games and focus on the real cause of gun violence...let's say rap music. Or maybe movies. Definitely not guns though. 

Oh! Energy drinks! Maybe it's energy drinks. Let's
get those Red Bull people in there to explain themselves.