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On Weekend of Deep Mourning, Repulsive Trump Retweets ‘Farting Sound’ Meme Infuriating Americans
Some columns are much harder to write than others and this is one of the hardest because this country is supposed to be better than this.
There are so many reasons to be solemn this weekend. We lost an American giant on Friday. Ruth Bader Ginsburg not only had the most powerful legal mind of her generation, but she also possessed the type of courage usually found only in soldiers protecting wounded brothers and sisters. She opened doors for two generations of women and one generation of proto-women, our girls still in school who we love so dearly. Their world is better because of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Now an American hero is gone and it is hard to see anything as uplifting, and we certainly aren’t in the mood for levity.
We have to deal with Republicans being Republicans, shoving their power play up our asses with the SCOTUS seat.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death comes during a time that death has washed over the nation. This weekend we’ll unequivocally pass 200,000 dead (and we’ve heard reports that some numbers have been manipulated and we’ve been over it for some time). This is a milestone that damn well ought to be respected. All too many families are missing loved ones who wouldn’t have died absent the mismanagement of COVID. How many Herman Cains are out there?
So Americans rose up in fury when “their president” had a little fun with himself this morning. Our 12-year-old president decided the time was right for a fart joke. Of course, it’s perfect because the “farter” has a big Trump sign. Trump retweeted the bottom of these two tweets. This is “your” president, this is what he finds funny, this is what he finds appropriate this morning. He’s a child.
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This is what Trump retweeted:
Congrats everyone for getting #FartingSound trending lol 😂 pic.twitter.com/oSQDygEBaR
— Posonaut 118 🚀 (@posonaut) September 20, 2020
So Trump found the “fart sound” meme funny and threw in the one with the guy carrying the MAGA sign because that’s what presidents do.
Americans were outraged:
The President of the United States retweeted this? He loves using the word stupid! His favorite words are loser and sucker. He’s diminished the office so horrifically. @SenateGOP this is all bc of you. So embarrassing. https://t.co/LJNGI2EC8G
— twags (@trawagn2) September 20, 2020
This is the President of the United States posting about #FartingSound.
Other world leaders can see that he is posting this.
There really is no bottom. https://t.co/J8PlE070Nc
— Parmesan & Pinot (@ParmesanPinot) September 20, 2020
200,000+ DEAD
6.3+ MILLION INFECTED
you AND YOU’RE RETWEETING THIS BULLSHIT?This is beneath the Office of the President of the United States. It is however not beneath you! @realDonaldTrump #POS #LOSER https://t.co/1eYz3NLSTe
— srb (@suzirgray) September 20, 2020
@realDonaldTrump How sad to have a 12 year old boy as president while people are dying from a virus he was too addled to do anything about. https://t.co/V6xJLioqNP
— Brit Exhumed (@jacquiestern1) September 20, 2020
It’s already embarrassing to be American, but Trump retweeting bullshit like this makes it worse somehow? https://t.co/TalBQNUciu
— Mallard (@crookedmal) September 20, 2020
Meanwhile, the president of the United States RTs a tweet from someone called Cat Turd:https://t.co/SMXXQRWaxk
— VoteBlue2Win2020 (@ClaudiaWheatley) September 20, 2020
Who would believe the President of the United States retweeted this?
He’s lost it. This is all he has to do with his time as we hit 200,000+ dead on his watch. He wants another four years to make his destruction total. https://t.co/kORdkw5nIm— 😷 LJ C (@linnyc2000) September 20, 2020
RTing videos about farting, of course!
No. Seriously. Look.
He writes about what he knows.https://t.co/SMXXQRWaxk
— VoteBlue2Win2020 (@ClaudiaWheatley) September 20, 2020
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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