If Trump thinks Rocklin’s Kevin Kiley is ‘tough,’ why is he so scared of my questions?

Kevin Kiley, the tres shy Republican congressional candidate from Rocklin, has secured the endorsement of known insurrectionist and former President Donald Trump.

Kiley’s fellow Republican opponent in the race for the newly drawn 3rd Congressional District is Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, who is tough-on-crime-except-for-insurrections. Jones was upset that his blatant bowing and scraping before Trump did not land him Trump’s endorsement.

Jones said it was “certainly disappointing, and a bit surprising based on my experience and strength on issues that are facing the country right now.”

It’s curious how Jones was disappointed and surprised that he wasn’t endorsed by a riot cheerleader when, in his political ads, he posits himself as a tough guy who “stood up” to peaceful protesters demonstrating at his house.

Apparently, Jones is only able to muster moral outrage over protests if Black Lives Matter is involved.

For his part, the so-very-reclusive Kiley, who was too chicken to meet with The Bee Editorial Board, reacted to his Trump endorsement with: “I will fight to restore the prosperous economy, secure border and safe communities that marked President Trump’s time in office, and I am honored to have his endorsement. In Congress, I will fight for America by taking on Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and their radical agenda just like I take on Gavin Newsom in California.”

Snort. This is from a guy who couldn’t bear to speak Trump’s name amid the $250 million failed recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom last year. Kiley took Newsom on from sixth place in that election, which reminded me of that famous scene from “Mad Men,” when a young ad man asks industry titan Don Draper what he thinks of him.

“I don’t think about you at all,” Draper replied.

That both Kiley and Jones salivated over Trump’s endorsement is pathetic enough. In a 2016 editorial board interview with The Bee, Jones looked like antifa was about to march into his house when asked about Trump.

Jones lost that race, and now all that blatant supplication didn’t pay off.

Trump said Kiley was “smart and tough. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard and his Law Degree from Yale. Kevin Kiley is tough on securing our border, ending California’s reckless universal mail-in-ballots and securing our elections.”

The smart but not remotely tough Kiley, I am certain, will happily accept the same mail-in ballots that Trump says are only fraudulent when Republicans lose elections. Kiley is so tough and smart he ignores Trump’s Big Lie about election fraud. After all, someone who has a Yale law degree probably understands what it means to attempt to overthrow the U.S. government. It’s called “treason” in the Constitution.

Now that Kiley is the official MAGA candidate, I would ask him a few questions, which, sadly, he doesn’t want to personally answer because cartoonists are so scary.

A mutual acquaintance, a Kiley supporter, talked to Kiley, gave him my cell number and suggested that he call me.

I think it’s been three weeks or so. Still, operators are standing by. We could even text. I’d even take an emoji at this point.

Does Kiley believe, as his endorser does, that the 2020 election was fraudulent, except in the states Trump won?

Would Kiley be OK with a president who made fun of disabled people or who said he just grabbed women and moved in on them “like a bitch?”

Kiley? Kiley? Anyone?

Trump at least talked to the press. Sheriff Jones, for all his faults, probably actually believes the rhetoric he regularly spouts. He’s always in character.

Kiley, I am certain, dreamed of being the president since he was 5 years old. He was certainly primed for a career in politics. Now he’s just another one of Trump’s checker pieces.

Kevin, call me. You have my number. And, sadly, everyone has yours now.