The thin blue line encounters an unfamiliar last name
The thin blue line has a remarkably narrow pronunciation window.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said the name "Officer Abdelnabi." Trump supporters booed. Lombardo had to explain that Abdelnabi was the Las Vegas police officer killed the day before.
So much for "back the blue." Lombardo was paying tribute to Austin Abdelnabi when someone in the audience began booing loudly. "No. We're not booing him," the governor said, stopping to explain that Abdelnabi was the officer who had recently died.
Pudding Brains later thanked law enforcement and called Abdelnabi a hero, apparently getting a name right for once. The evening's tribute nevertheless began with the Republican governor explaining to a Republican rally that the man they had just booed was the dead cop.
The thin blue line has a remarkably narrow pronunciation window.