The magic of democracy is that your vote can be canceled out by somebody who thinks your preferred candidate is literally a reptilian alien wearing a human skin suit as a disguise. Crazy votes count just as much as regular votes, and candidates have to find ways to court them -- see the 2008 campaign ad which subtly implied that Barack Obama was the Antichrist.

In Cleveland this week, I found a whole bunch of those outside-the-box thinkers at the "America First" rally. It was a gathering of Trump supporters which included one congressional candidate (Corrogan Vaughn), former Tea Party President Ken Crow, and noted millionaire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones's address was the "big moment" of the event, when the crowd was at its largest and most excited.

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Pictured: the maximum level of enthusiasm allowed by law.

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Jones screamed ... basically the entire time. But he did his best to avoid most of the crazier aspects of his beliefs. There were no FEMA death camp conspiracies or Sandy Hook trutherism. And although he did directly accuse Hillary Clinton of being a Chinese sleeper agent, that actually counts as moderate in Alex Jones world.

Then, Adult Swim comedian Eric Andre managed to get up on stage and talk with Jones (it's reported that Jones confused him for Daily Show host Trevor Noah), in what will probably go down as only the 85th most bizarre moment of this campaign. Andre opened by offering Jones his hotel room key and asking him to fuck his wife, and then proceeded to claim that he agreed with Jones and wanted the government to look into the collapse of Tower 7 of the World Trade Center. I'm pretty sure I heard him shout "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams!" at one point.