The president kicked off his stand-up routine at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a jab at the media and its non-stop coverage of Donald Trump before joking about President Trump and the end of America as we knew it — as we knew it, that is, before he had spent seven years fundamentally transforming it.
.@POTUS: "The end of the republic has never looked better." #WHCD pic.twitter.com/mrupCzVQGH
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 1, 2016
The president didn’t bother prefacing his monologue with a trigger warning, but we will: while Obama was rehearsing his lines on the golf course this morning, he was likely blissfully unaware that #TheChalkening was happening on college campuses across the country, despite recent clampdowns on chalk writing at places like the University of Iowa, where Students for Life got in on the act with pro-life messages. Just look at this!
Sidewalk chalking is sparking debate on Iowa college campuses. Here's why: https://t.co/symhNEEYtz #TheChalkening
— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) April 21, 2016
It's time for congress to act… #TheChalkening Keep #chalk out of the hands of impressionable #snowflakes https://t.co/qhb6kq2g66
— Romega (@Counter_thought) April 21, 2016
KEEP CHALKENING! #TCOT #WakeUpAmerica #RedNationRising #PJNET #TrumpTrain #TheChalkening #TeamTrump #AlwaysTrump pic.twitter.com/vBIGUGptvg
— Joey Brooklyn (@Joe_America1776) April 21, 2016
#TheChalkening at College of Staten Island. Let the triggering begin. pic.twitter.com/HsVmNGtmQM
— RavingRaver (@RavingRaver) April 20, 2016
University of Wisconsin has a "Hate Response Team".
It's triggered into moans of virtue signal by #TheChalkening.https://t.co/kVoXJ8lmUz
— Dark Triad Man (@DarkTriadMan) April 22, 2016
"Pro-Trump chalk drawing at Oakland Univ. Counseling for emotional trauma already being offered. #TheChalkening pic.twitter.com/dw7XShhX4v
— TRUMP WORLD (@trump_world) April 23, 2016
UCLA Student Calls Police over ‘Hateful’ Chalk Messages https://t.co/opqXJB7XCY
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 23, 2016
Take a Prozac, snowflake. It's just beginning #TheChalkening https://t.co/5KXTRngn6S
— The 57th State ℅EF™ (@EF517_V2) April 23, 2016
Driving home on a back country road and had to stop and take a pic #TheChalkening Going strong! pic.twitter.com/dkdywbgXvj
— TRUMP WORLD (@trump_world) April 25, 2016
@NoiseCollector_ @puretrump #TheChalkening.
My contribution. pic.twitter.com/CzTXg4TOjm— Deborah Farolino (@Emperipolisis) April 26, 2016
Protect
Your family
Your jobs
Your security
Your freedom#VoteTrump2016 #TheChalkening #Trump2016 #MAGA pic.twitter.com/uZHkqbzqcY— MSM IS CORRUPT (@CorruptMsm) April 25, 2016
#TheChalkening rearing it's beautiful head yet AGAIN! KEEP IT GOING! #HighEnergy #Triggered pic.twitter.com/YBguWHXSy8
— ALWAYS TRUMP! (@Always_Trump) April 27, 2016
#TheChalkening strikes again! pic.twitter.com/VvsA6y4OLG
— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) April 27, 2016
#TheChalkening at Purdue. @DanScavino @KatrinaPierson @Nero pic.twitter.com/5XG6kKKdJQ
— El Chapo (@DontKILLBae) April 27, 2016
Some are becoming more brazen, appearing in photos with the triggering sidewalk scrawls.
Bringing safe spaces to St. Charles. #TheChalkening pic.twitter.com/b3GkPZAR7Y
— Ian Butler (@ian_b45) April 29, 2016
@mitchellvii @Cernovich @DanScavino uh oh lock up your college kids. My 2 year old is up to no good. #TheChalkening pic.twitter.com/ORzZWdWZWZ
— NY Till I Die (@fatchabella1) April 18, 2016
A small rebel alliance has begun to take shape under the hashtag #Chalkback.
UCSD #chalkback against #thechalkening! A safe and supportive campus for everyone! pic.twitter.com/D2Syz92WL6
— Katie Simpson (@simpsokn) April 19, 2016
