We’ll assume readers have their protective gear properly fitted and go ahead with the punchline here:
Trump isn't just the first white president, as @tanehisicoates recently argued, he's also the first male president. https://t.co/6RXDY5Gl7s pic.twitter.com/Xlz969Qpdy
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) September 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidkkkknight/status/908473359444344833
https://twitter.com/TranimeGirl/status/908505778620944392
It’s take good old fashioned gumption to put out a take supposedly even hotter than whatever Ta-Nehisi Coates most recently published, but Jeet Heer gave it a shot Thursday.
We won’t mess around trying to parse his 500,000-word essay on Hillary Clinton’s “huge and lasting” legacy when the thesis is right there in plain sight: “Just as one could not vote for Trump without implicitly condoning his racism, one could not vote for him without implicitly condoning his misogyny.”
Get it? A vote for Trump was an explicit attempt to undo the legacy of America’s first black president; voting against Hillary was a vote against the first female president. Therefore, Trump wasn’t just another white man who got elected; he was elected specifically because he was a white man, making his the first White, Male President.
Or maybe we have it all wrong. We’re not gonna read the whole thing.
<exploding brain meme> https://t.co/bn6O8SZpRr
— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) September 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/NathanaelCLove/status/908459185381109760
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He's actually the first president, period. The universe was created yesterday and we're all living with implanted memories https://t.co/GjBIQCXnIb
— Almaqah (@_Almaqah) September 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/bkerogers/status/908458792588804097
@sportsmediaLM @Political_Rott @dustinbennett76 Could melt you an igloo with this take. https://t.co/cYZLqY3xdZ
— Will (@willmoriarty86) September 15, 2017
We warned you it was hot.
I can’t even… https://t.co/GSjDhyqVDl
— Rott (@Political_Rott) September 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/Covfefe_Addict/status/908458641115709440
https://twitter.com/Yellow_Rose41/status/908477093754884096
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DERANGED: A warning about ‘straight, white men’ science may have just clinched it for Trump in 2020 https://t.co/cpiYFtrIGM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 16, 2017
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