Here’s the kind of thing a political party probably doesn’t want: Gatekeeping. It’s just never a good look and this latest bit of gatekeeping is especially egregious.

Here we have a GOP event in South Dakota. The big headliner? John Thune. The very same John Thune who is in the hotseat for his lack of action on the Save Act. That’s the voter ID bill that is incredibly popular across all voters in America. Left, Right and Center, everyone wants elections to be on the up and up. Fair. Only citizens get to vote. So, why isn’t Thune trying to get it done? People want to know.

Meanwhile: Back at the GOP fundraiser in South Dakota, a young man by the name of Scott Pressler has an invitation to the event. You should also know that Scott has worked tirelessly to register voters across the country. When it comes to action ang getting things done? Scott is not the problem. Unless you’re not really planning on getting things done. Hmmmm.

Now the games can begin. Scott tries to enter the event and is shut out by some dude in a cowboy hat. A smug fella who is playing gatekeeper. A guy who isn’t afraid of speaking his mind into a camera.

It’s actually a nice confluence of events. It works as a metaphor. A Senator, John Thune, represents the swamp and just wants to give a speech and make some money. Scott represents voters who want results. And the guy in the hat is just a useful idiot. Sad really. The people are savvy to the BS now. No more gatekeeping. Time for people like Thune to either do what the voters want or get out of the way. Tada!

Here’s some more info on Scott:

As for the dude in the cowboy hat with the mustache? The goon, useful idiot guy? I don’t really care about that fella. He really put his foot in it. Dude effed up bigtime. I don’t feel the need to say more about him. That’s one of the big problems with being a goon. You do your thing and people just discard you. Sad. So, let’s not try to get him fired or ruin his life or anything stupid. We legit have bigger fish to fry. No use running around putting him on blast. Let’s focus on the big stuff.