On a night like Thursday, when President Trump was scheduled to headline a rally in West Virginia, you know the hot takes are going to be coming in fast from all directions, but who’ll go the extra distance to really stand out?
Stuart Rothenberg, senior editor at Inside Elections, went all out in sizing up the people of West Virginia, many of whom wouldn’t make it in as immigrants under the Trump administration’s policies, which are in clear violation of that Emma Lazarus poem.
Lots of people in West Virginia can't support themselves or speak English.
— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) August 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/893263125159346182
This is extremely ignorant.
— Katie (@KatieHellerWV) August 3, 2017
They hate you.
Remember that. https://t.co/DvrzWiOeYD— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/VictorConservat/status/893270422011035656
We speak English quite well troglodyte. Let us demolish your overrated political quid pro quo industry and see how well you survive.
— Kel Hughes (@lightsong77) August 4, 2017
Respectfully as someone who comes from the region that is incredibly bigoted — people from West Virginia are incredible hard-working folks https://t.co/ICpDhJIDGd
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) August 4, 2017
@StuPolitics Yes – truly an offensive statement.
— andysere (@andysere) August 4, 2017
This makes me so sad–this is exactly how folks from WV think the cosmopolitan class views them & then they prove it ?
please be nicer Stu https://t.co/ICpDhJr2hD— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) August 4, 2017
All of my college classmates from WVA went home after school and supported themselves. Funny most from DC and suburbs went back and couldn't
— William Bova (@endmoronism) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/MamieNickles/status/893272344445059074
https://twitter.com/danholler/status/893268684013096960
Hey, don’t take it personally, everyone. Rothenberg doesn’t disagree with Salena Zito’s assessment that the people of West Virginia are incredibly hard-working; they mean well, despite all of their many shortcomings.
Of course they are hard-working. They mean well. Just close-minded, provincial, angry & easily misled. My wife's dad was a coal miner in PA. https://t.co/9q5JJ3fq90
— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) August 4, 2017
See, his wife’s father was a coal miner in Pennsylvania, so he knows what he’s talking about.
https://twitter.com/michaelbayer1/status/893272151150743552
Lol, I always love that kind of statement. "My opinion means more because (stupid fucking reason)" https://t.co/YFiqflYA1b
— The Wishery Chronicles (@HesGoingtoScore) August 4, 2017
Translation – your wife's father thought you were a smug asshole. And he was right. https://t.co/ZzZxTpr8rG
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 4, 2017
Have you ever reflected on your tendency to see people as a collective instead of as individuals? It could be illuminating.
— DocWashburn (@DocWashburn) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/MamieNickles/status/893274698733277184
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/893267133660057600
A legit #WhyTrumpWon pair of tweets right here. pic.twitter.com/Q4Un3X8CL5
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) August 4, 2017
Wow. This is how we got Trump. https://t.co/olG1NCLkF2
— ? Thankful Ginger ? (@mchastain81) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/893269048598843393
https://twitter.com/JudgeJanna/status/893270970143653888
i feel like i tweet this once a day but Trump is going to win so unbelievably easy at this rate https://t.co/JA9hp7PbMP
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/Qin_Jiushao/status/893268430589120512
Your contribution to the Trump 2020 reelection campaign is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
— David Rice (@bfmva7xsp) August 4, 2017
Trump definitely gonna be president forever. https://t.co/5hz9Pj5bNc
— eric (@eriContrarian) August 4, 2017
I would never consider marking fun of an entire state of people who might be different than me-you need to come to West Virginia with me sir https://t.co/o6CFJumI4n
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) August 4, 2017
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