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Veteran Republican consultant Rick Wilson has been at the vanguard of the #NeverTrump movement. As other anti-Trump Republicans have fallen in line for the sake of party unity, Wilson has continued to launch fiery (and profanity-laced) tirades against the presumptive GOP nominee and the party poobahs backing him. On Wednesday night, he unleashed an epic tweetstorm, denouncing Republican National Committee staffers for working to get Trump elected. “You own this,” he warned. “You’re covered in his stench.” In the course of his Twitter rant, Wilson coined a new nickname for Trump, “Cheeto Jesus,” which fast became a meme. Read the whole thing here:

1/ How the actual fuck does anyone at the RNC have standing to act shocked that Trump is not doing the basics of campaigning? — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

2/ You can’t elide over his utter dipshittery. No matter how much you try to act surprised, you own this. You’re covered in his stench. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

3/ History will be so cruel to you. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

4/ Your off the record sniping and grumbling is no substitute for moral courage. That’s so DC. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

5/ You won’t escape the stain. It’s like a big, visible “No Ragrets” chest tat that will mark your careers forever. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

6/ Go public. Man up. Show courage. Say what’s in your hearts; he’s insane. He’s poison. He’s doomed. He’s killing the Party. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

7/ None of you are good enough to spin the unspinnable ratfuck that is Trump. None of you can say, “I was just following orders.” — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

8/ This weekend, people were lined up hundreds deep to give blood to the victims of Orlando. Your Cheeto Jesus was praising himself. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016

9/ There is no better Trump. There is not Presidential Trump. He is a vile stain on the this Republic. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2016