Steve Schmidt doesn't understand hyperbole and gets destroyed by '6000 foot tall FIRE squids' and LOL

Steve Schmidt has gone off the deep end making some outrageous and ‘totally not hyperbolic’ claims about Desantis. If you do not know who Steve Schmidt is, he was a founder of The Lincoln Project and we think that says pretty much everything you need to know.

I’m going to say something. There is no hyperbole attached to it. I mean it. Every word. Anyone who thinks Ron Desantis wouldn’t kill his political opponents given the chance doesn’t understand who he is. He just proved it. The refusal to see that is stupid. Recklessly stupid

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) September 15, 2022

OK, well, first of all, we do not think he knows or understands the definition of hyperbole. We are pretty sure if there was a textbook to be written about hyperbole and its use on Twitter that tweet should be the example they use.

hy·per·bo·le /hīˈpərbəlē/ noun
Definition: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Narrator: there was, in fact, a LOT of hyperbole attached to it. https://t.co/RkaU6mN5G7

— I'm a woman, and I'm mad as Hell (@nowhere_nh) September 19, 2022

We were NOT the only people who thought Schmidt was confused, did not understand the definition, or had just lost it completely.

Then maybe don’t mess with him.

That is, if you are serious and not just toobining. https://t.co/qPJ96qpe0C

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 19, 2022

Right? We never understood how people behave this way, if a person is indeed a killer, why are you provoking them?

I'm going to say something. There is no hyperbole attached to it. I mean it. Every word.

IF *insert newest fad Republican* GETS ELECTED 6,000 FT TALL FIRE SQUIDS WILL LITERALLY RISE FROM VOLCANOS TO DESTROY HUMANITY!! THE END IS NIGH!! LUCIFER HIMSELF SHAKES WITH TERROR!! https://t.co/WTIpMphnek

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) September 19, 2022

Yup. No hyperbole was found. You guys should start prepping for FIRE SQUIDS ASAP.

The next guy is always "worse than the last guy." Always. https://t.co/tJCsOTdWbl

— Christopher Bedford (@CBedfordDC) September 19, 2022

Aaaand we're back to "any politician I don't like is literally Hitler."

Yawn. https://t.co/uy3YpzGpgg

— Beard and Circus (@Shooter_ptpx01) September 19, 2022

Right? If what they said about Trump was not enough just wait and see what they throw at DeSantis. Even when the calmest milquetoast candidate of all time was running (Mitt Romney) they said he was going to put black people back in chains.

Had @SteveSchmidtSES given himself a day to react in an emotionally and unhinged manner, he might have been spared the embarrassment of this tweet. Unfortunately, given MV bussed out the illegals less than 24 hrs later means they acted no different than DeSantis. https://t.co/xGrO77GtJx

— The Alan ▇▇▇▇ Show 🐕 🇺🇸 (@AlanJSanders) September 19, 2022

Great point. Are Martha’s Vineyard residents now evil with no heart? If we follow all the same rules Steve has given Desantis, then yes, yes they are.

The implosion is complete. https://t.co/oDUfik7hLV

— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) September 19, 2022

Confusing Desantis with the Clintons??? https://t.co/ykfn7JaRZE

— Lisa S. Belanger, J.D. in Karma (@TPCLJ) September 19, 2022

DeSantis flying people who wanted to go to Boston to Martha's Vineyard, like 2 hours away, proves he'd murder people like Killary. Amazing. I can't believe all of Steve's clients lost their elections. https://t.co/sZklPCbs9H

— Some Girl That Doesn't Matter (@realotherjen) September 19, 2022

With those 2 tweets, we at Twitchy have to say we are not supporting the idea that the Clintons have had people killed. We are just pointing out there is a persistent rumor to that effect and that the Left often projects what they really think or what they really do onto others. And you all can take from that what you like.

Seems like a ‘mean tweet’. Thought we were done with those? @Twitter https://t.co/oZuPt0Nk83

— x2da4 (@x2da4) September 19, 2022

Nah, Mean tweets are ok as long as the mean part is directed at conservatives!

Apparently TDS has mutated into DDS. https://t.co/3Z3Dy5FDDF

— Deb Fillman (@deb_fillman) September 19, 2022

Yup. They still want to destroy Trump, we all know this, but they think DeSantis might have some of the Trump spunk without all of the baggage and they want to tear him down fast.