You know how people have been posting self-quarantine photos — the ones that say, “Me at the beginning of March” and “Me at the beginning of April”? Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson must have thought he needed to document how he looked before attending one of President Trump’s coronavirus press briefings because who knows how badly beaten up he might appear afterward.
My turn in the crucible: Getting ready to ask Trump questions in the Rose Garden briefing today. pic.twitter.com/WDEVNYmeKN
— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) April 14, 2020
Playboy’s Brian Karem was there, so we hope he didn’t challenge Johnson to a fight.
Oh puleese
— Judy Mantia (@MantiaJudy) April 14, 2020
This is dramatically dorky.
— Liz ??✝️ (@NurseLiz3) April 14, 2020
Go get em Rocky ??????? pic.twitter.com/irQ5QyLkd2
— [email protected] (@domino77767) April 14, 2020
I’m so sorry it’s so difficult to sit in a chair and ask competent questions. Truly, you are being persecuted by the government. ?
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) April 14, 2020
One of the hardest days in my life was 60 below, a hundred feet in the air for several hours working on a radio tower. Asking questions sounds so hard. What was your hardest day? #Crucible
— Jacob Dart ? ⭐⭐⭐ (@JacobDart5) April 14, 2020
Dear diary…
— GOP_Smirks_4 (@4Smirks) April 14, 2020
You seem a lot like @Acosta….. pic.twitter.com/11zwEeS5IM
— Brian Wood (@snoopywood11) April 14, 2020
Annnnd this is why the people hate the media pic.twitter.com/RPelNaMRWp
— R.E.V.olution (@flutiedawg) April 14, 2020
Drama queen much?
— Juno Who (@Junowhotoo) April 14, 2020
You'll be fine as long as you ask a relevant question. If you try to go viral….you will…
— Henry Chinaski (@ashsoles) April 14, 2020
Ask a real question.
— Silvana Gallagher (@GallagherSil) April 14, 2020
Will your question be one that will elicit valuable information for the American people, or one that will be attention getting for you personally?
— Tamra Trent (@TrentTamra) April 14, 2020
Safety First: Please remember to wear a football helmet and pads.
— Campbell Writer (@CampbellWriter) April 14, 2020
Wow..aren’t you a hero?!?!
— Blake (@Training4Golf) April 14, 2020
There’s more soy in that picture than in a Chinese takeout dinner
— jimmy (@jimmy_tomo1) April 14, 2020
Ended in liberal tears, as usual.
— Corn Pop (@gravyfist) April 14, 2020
Not just a little enamored with ourselves, are we?
— Cacophonous (@1989Wahoo) April 15, 2020
Self important much?
— saintscrem? (@saintscrem) April 14, 2020
So dramatic ?!
— Patriot at Heart (@roxshade) April 15, 2020
Hey look it’s Kaitlin Collins!
— Justin Nelson (@JustinN42147132) April 14, 2020
Oh stop crying…..ask a decent question
— Linster! (@Linster55) April 14, 2020
— Life Coach (@jimlyons3000) April 14, 2020
You poor, poor soul. I’m sure all the newly unemployed, the small businesses barely hanging on and those who are losing all hope as they watch their life’s work crumbling appreciate your selflessness.
— fergus (@fergus55826817) April 15, 2020
cru·ci·ble
/ˈkro͞osəb(ə)l/
noun:
a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.Where's the "something new" in this overdramatic media preening?
— Joshua Romens (@JaRomens) April 15, 2020
Little man, Marines go through a crucible. You are not a Marine.
— Wretched Plebiscite (@Wretched1775) April 15, 2020
Too funny. Basically the same as a Ranger at the cliffs of Pont du Hoc? This will for sure earn him a medal…..at the WHCA dinner.
— Keith (@Keith42906497) April 14, 2020
Just like Normandy man……. FFS
— assumedidentity (@icognito007) April 15, 2020
If you’re not getting ratio’d, you should be. You do know you’re not in a Higgins boat landing on Omaha Beach, right? #BeingStupidMustBeLucrative
— Jim NAZ (@Jim22902687) April 15, 2020
You guys are only heroes to yourselves; nobody else holds anybody in your profession in high regard. Keep playing the victim so you can get famous on Twitter for a few hours. #janefondajurnos
— Charles Adams (@dixieduke_net) April 14, 2020
FFS, you're not going into a war zone.
You sitting in the damned Rose Garden.
— Tench Coxe (@CoxsTench) April 14, 2020
You are such a hero. pic.twitter.com/mdOYCn7qJ5
— Starchild (@starchild_steve) April 15, 2020
My god do you have a martyr complex? You can ask a decent question and not be a prick. Go ahead and try it.
— KSE (@kbk3n3) April 14, 2020
You'll do fine if you remember this:
Who
What
When
Where
Why
HowAll is is grandstanding and not the role of journalists. Don't be that guy.
— Pam Besteder (@pambesteder) April 14, 2020
Good luck snowflake.
— Carla Coon (@CarlaCoonAuthor) April 14, 2020
Wait till he turns the sprinklers on.
— Life Coach (@jimlyons3000) April 14, 2020
Well that was a fail.
— JR Cash (@jr_cash14) April 15, 2020
Now that it’s over, DID YOU SURVIVE?!
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) April 14, 2020
We’re not going to dunk on Johnson too hard, because his question wasn’t terrible:
I asked Trump why we haven’t seen data he promised in coming days on coronavirus’ disproportionate impact on black Americans
Trump says “we’re working on it” and it will be out “within two weeks.”
— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) April 14, 2020
Another firefighter is born.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 17, 2017
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