Mud brown can be a great color on top of an ice cream cone – though I’m a vanilla guy myself. But in most contexts, “mud brown” is going to conjure, well – mud is likely the best answer. It goes downhill from there.

Lawrence O’Donnell is the consummate gentleman. He is really into philanthropy, buying desks for kids without them in Africa. He’s worked in Congress and been in the media forever. He doesn’t normally go over the top.

Normally.

But last night, he sort of lost it and wow, we’re just all better for it. Let’s get what he said out and then play with it a little. From Boing Boing.

“Now, we normally don’t allow Donald Trump to occupy your full television screen during this program,” Lawrence warned, the way a television station might warn viewers that what they are about to see is for a mature audience only.

“But for this one time, as you consider yourself sitting there on Monday in the position of a juror looking at him, let’s look at what they will actually see without hearing a word from Donald Trump.”

Brown!! Mud Brown, right?

That’s a picture of him when he’s trying to look his absolute best in his campaign video, which in his mind includes a face partially covered in some form of homemade bronzer in which he always forgets the ears.

In contrast to the mud brown that he has decided makes him look his best — and to some eyes, actually makes him look like a horror movie character. That is not a face you want to present to a criminal jury,

PREACH IT!

“Those jurors will be listening to Judge Merchan’s questions while having trouble fighting the urge to sneak a peek at that profoundly strange-looking man sitting at the defense table.

Alright, alright – we have to leave some of the excitement to you. But do consider that Trump is a guy who many consider seriously overweight; legend has it that he doesn’t smell like roses (Nor the mud in them, perhaps something else), and the light chocolate ice cream look just doesn’t do it. It is an improvement from Orange Marmalade, but – come on. (Report continues below)

Lawrence O'Donnell may have just delivered the most brutal and humiliating takedown of Donald Trump ever aired on national television pic.twitter.com/4nRnZRoo3k

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 12, 2024

O’Donnell’s point is that if the guy’s face is a lie – and it is – along with a lot of other parts of him, how can he be trusted as a defendant? Well, it is time to be careful. When Trump faces jury candidates, he’ll likely be asked if he’s guilty or innocent. Over half will say that they don’t know.

Wrong answer.

He is innocent until the foreman returns the verdict and it reads “Guilty.” So even with all those lies, he’s still presumed innocent… unless he lies himself right into the mud on the witness stand. It won’t be chocolate – though that’d be cool, too.

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Jason Miciak is Features Editor at Political Flare and Editor at Large at Occupy Democrats, he can be reached at [email protected], @JasonMiciak, or any place that sells vanilla-strawberry ice cream.