We’ve already seen CNN’s Don Lemon try to tie Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet to President Trump, and we were pretty certain that wouldn’t be the last of the media’s hot takes on the subject.
Stepping up to the plate later on Tuesday was MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, who decided he knew what Barr’s fatal flaw was.
Roseanne’s problem turned out to be that she far too authentically represented the actual worldview of a significant chunk of the Trump base.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 30, 2018
So that was the problem; Roseanne was just representative of “a significant chunk” of the Trump base.
oh come on, you're better than this sort of cheap snark, chris.
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) May 30, 2018
Is it unfair to suggest that racist, looney tunes conspiracy theories were a key way that Trump bonded with enough Republican voters to win a presidential primary?
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) May 30, 2018
Why yes … yes, it is.
i mean, are we just haggling over the definition of "a significant chunk" here?
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) May 30, 2018
I mean, it’s hard to quantify, but, she’s, like, a full-out Qanon/Pizzagate/MAGA head. Closer to a repeat Trump rally-goer than a median Trump voter.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 30, 2018
Well, that was magnanimous of Hayes to walk back “a significant chunk of the Trump base” to “a repeat Trump rally-goer” in just one tweet.
But seriously … she’s like “a full-out … MAGA head”? Since when?
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— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) May 30, 2018
Oh come on. She’s been saying nutty, racist stuff for decades. This wasn’t even the first time she compared black people to monkeys. Roseanne being awful pre-dates Trump. https://t.co/Q8pUZgLTa3 https://t.co/DbzFBxk9Re
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) May 30, 2018
Now tell us that 18 million people tuned in to the show’s revival hoping for racist jokes and comedic riffs on “Pizzagate.”
Chris really needs to believe this so he can justify calling Trump voters racist and smear everyone with guilt by association. Cheap, dumb, and transparent. https://t.co/eao8pWz5Mw
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 30, 2018
What a dick thing to say.
Despicable https://t.co/0BGDI3fMvK— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) May 30, 2018
Prominent liberals running around calling everyone in sight Nazis but no one bats an eye. Known loudmouth Roseanne suddenly paints half of America as knuckle-dragging racists. You frigging people. https://t.co/4Q3hZDvHQA
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) May 30, 2018
Yep! we’re all racist uneducated country bumpkins who hate women. Might as well just call us deplorable. https://t.co/1EyqAfAAZ2
— Sara (@politigal_) May 30, 2018
Careful there, Chris.
Roseanne was wrong, but are you not likewise stereotyping an entire group of people you do not know because of one person’s actions?
Unacceptable by her. Unacceptable by you. https://t.co/hxdRmNlEEk
— Alan (@DerbyWill) May 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/1776Farms/status/1001641996967141376
You should try and talk to actual Trump supporters, you’ll find that most just want all Americans to succeed, and American itself to succeed https://t.co/q2XnLom0m0
— Cam (@camhandley205) May 30, 2018
This is so far from the truth. Yes there are bad apples. Not a single sane person will argue that. But this is just a lie https://t.co/iy96wJ1Ksx
— Brian Schaler (@brian_schaler) May 30, 2018
No, Chris. But you work at a network that has a tenuous relationship with the truth. https://t.co/ChCmHhPNVE
— Gordon Shuckrow III (@GordonShuckrow3) May 30, 2018
When you want to dunk on Trump so bad that you're cool with insulting half of America… https://t.co/iC5lfESwKV
— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) May 30, 2018
In fairness, he also said celeb Obama supporters who said terrible things represented most of HIS base too. Wait, never mind. https://t.co/BCg0xFB94l
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) May 30, 2018
Its hilarious to think that liberals think this kind of rhetoric is going to help them win any moderate votes.
Basically, a lot of the middle will just tune out. https://t.co/m7QXO2qILq
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) May 30, 2018
Chris, do you want more Trump? This is how you get more Trump. By calling a “significant chunk” of Trump voters racist. https://t.co/N0LD1ljXh5
— Ty (@Ty_Atty) May 30, 2018
Yeah, Dems/media. Run with this. https://t.co/Dw38zeaAyG
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) May 30, 2018
Paid for by the #Trump2020 campaign: https://t.co/scoxC1XliI
— Slovydal (@Slovydal) May 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/Gray_Wolfs76/status/1001640356826542080
What we want to know is if Hayes has any news on Joy Reid’s hackers. Speaking of conspiracy theories, that one’s gone pretty quiet.
Related:
WATCH: Don Lemon tries to tie Roseanne's racist tweet to Donald Trump https://t.co/PHXGLZl089
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 30, 2018
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