It’s hard to tell which part of President Trump’s State of the Union speech was most triggering for liberals. Trump citing record-low African-American unemployment really seemed to tick off the Congressional Black Caucus, for example, and who knows what the chants of “USA” did to the Democrats’ internal organs.
Vox founder Ezra Klein found the bit about North Korea scary, in that it sounded (to him) like Trump preparing the nation for war.
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/958541640800591872
It is just us or is the really scary thing how the North Korean nuclear threat was utterly ignored by the previous administration?
The threat’s always been there, and liberals seem to think the danger comes from Trump pointing it out, rather than being “pragmatic” and just learning to “tolerate” nuclear weapons in the hands of Kim Jong Un.
So, demonizing the genuinely awful North Korean regime is scary?
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/958548046698205184
Lighten up, Francis. https://t.co/gXJcEeNHgw
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) January 31, 2018
Somehow Ezra manages to talk himself into thinking a sentiment he agrees with is scary. https://t.co/3yU1zuWzOD
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) January 31, 2018
Invest in a set of strap-on balls.
Damn almighty. https://t.co/dpGq7QIIpa
— ?HONEY?BADGER? (@nickie_greer) January 31, 2018
Deep breaths, in….and out, you'll be ok lil buddy. https://t.co/iJe9Op20DY
— Skid Willie (@SkidWillie) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/958677918317674496
Somebody get Juicebox a diaper change. He thinks pointing out the awfulness of North Korea is scary. https://t.co/dHwC5W5LFB
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 31, 2018
Yes. And yet every word was true. https://t.co/siLdMyNeCS
— Jason Johnson (@jasonsjohnson) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/958544781952532480
https://twitter.com/jkirchick/status/958544886881497090
Oh please. The regime is demonic, saying so is a moment of clarity. https://t.co/f3KY2IkkZz
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) January 31, 2018
Oh, get a grip. Trump, unlike his predecessor, was being bluntly honest about a monstrous regime. It was a refreshing moment of moral clarity. https://t.co/BUJmdS3SHA
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/FOXHOUNDER1014/status/958546229926928389
What's scary is pulling out the Christian trope like a worn out pom pom to wave at the home team.
Perhaps scary is the wrong word.
Pathetic fits better.
BTW: The scary part is a desperate, impoverished nation suddenly acquiring nuclear weapons capability. https://t.co/UUZeQvXFqu
— Bohemio: *Insert lame pun here* (@El__Bohemio) January 31, 2018
God forbid we be too harsh on North Korea. https://t.co/wmzUxLvgd1
— Holden (@Holden114) January 31, 2018
Really though.
Maybe if you guys hadn't been on red alert 'WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE' every week in response to every Trump sneeze or cough people might take you more seriously. https://t.co/eDG4YgN6Nh— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) January 31, 2018
Apparently Klein thinks that Trump saying the truth about NK, which Klein himself says is true, is scary and war mongering. This is a prime example of how so many bought into Obama's fantasy of appeasing awful regimes, reality scared them too much https://t.co/x7YuuIeLPt
— John Locke (@jlocke613) January 31, 2018
This thinking here is so deranged. Then again, this is the left https://t.co/06jd2UILTb
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 31, 2018
This take seems a little extreme https://t.co/8E4OCYQn7H
— Fratt Damon ® (@ConorT10) January 31, 2018
when you havent written anything and your hot take is due by ten and your grade is good enough you can phone one in just once https://t.co/ALrMcbKsWg
— ALL CAPS BOSS (@turrible_tao) January 31, 2018
Related:
Today in hyperbole: Matthew Dowd has found a bigger threat to America than North Korea
So much OUCH: Richard Grenell gives NBC’s Lester Holt a SERIOUS reality-SLAM on North Korea
Join the conversation as a VIP Member