Area Expert™ Tom Nichols doesn’t often share anecdotes, but this one was too good to keep to himself. It seems he was in downtown Newport, which is MAGA country, and overheard someone looking forward to January 6 when his president would be coming back. Is that even a QAnon thing? It’s the first we’ve heard of it.
Overheard in downtown Newport: "Can't wait for January 6, that's when MY president is coming back."
Oooohhhhkkaaaayyyy#MassPsychosis
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 3, 2022
No way?
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 3, 2022
Way. About a week ago.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 3, 2022
He’s been sitting on this for a week?
Townies or Navy?
Townies
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 3, 2022
— George Wept (@GeorgeWept) January 3, 2022
Then they shouted, "This is MAGA country" and tied a noose around your neck. https://t.co/ZSkkaDqBiu
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) January 3, 2022
Downtown Newport?
I was a SWO. Been to Newport too many times, and there is no such thing as "downtown Newport."
— Horst De Wermer, DVM, MD, PhD, GED, DDS, MOUSE (@Crapplefratz) January 3, 2022
today in things that definitely happened…
— The Unfinished Owl (@UnfinishedOwl) January 3, 2022
Yeah… sure https://t.co/P3z74ERcjj
— Ahmed Al Assliken (@assliken) January 3, 2022
Tom has fully become Jacob Wohl. But with pepperoni nipples. https://t.co/f9g3drco21
— Magills (@magills_) January 3, 2022
On his way to the hipster coffee shop https://t.co/BDEPJYw5mi
— Kevin Hannigan (@kevinhannigan) January 3, 2022
Was this before or after you woke up realizing you were drooling all over your pillow? https://t.co/OyzGxsCz07
— Rick Robinson – unvaxxed unboosted unapologetic (@RowdyRick73) January 3, 2022
Does this jackass really think anyone believes this? https://t.co/qBbKmVAecI
— Jonny Z (@JZukawski) January 3, 2022
We have people in the comments saying they’ve also heard it in Massachusetts.
Worse, it was an eight year old https://t.co/h7bw13JqH5
— J (@1000Steps) January 3, 2022
And then everyone clapped
— Lucas Alexandre (@LucasAl01511678) January 3, 2022
This clearly didn't happen, Tom can't bothered to deal with the little people. https://t.co/JvoBSVihG5
— Jacob Adkins (@Jadkins151) January 3, 2022
I'll take "Things That 100% Never Happened" for $1000, Alex. https://t.co/GWWukh2ew4
— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotinaustin) January 3, 2022
Odds this actually happened are rapidly approaching zero. https://t.co/tVBrWLr4C7
— Chris Kieser (@ckieser13) January 3, 2022
That was no micro dose. https://t.co/g83ufnQYUv
— Feral The Indomitable (@FeralUnchained) January 4, 2022
Sure, sure. https://t.co/cJ9bbxcSvM pic.twitter.com/hLiqNy5tv4
— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) January 3, 2022
https://t.co/8qM78jtpON pic.twitter.com/wtL6KHJqTC
— R.W. Evans (@RealAngelof) January 3, 2022
https://t.co/rBBggXStDJ pic.twitter.com/RCMMKP8Akm
— ArchLobster (@ArchLobster) January 3, 2022
https://t.co/K8QxlaSCWP pic.twitter.com/xpTrFWRfNY
— Daniel (@neon_freedom) January 3, 2022
https://t.co/gijIKt8WpI pic.twitter.com/u57eVjrcby
— Beard and Circus (@Shooter_ptpx01) January 4, 2022
Was it Newport Oz or Newport Potterville?
— Erica (happily vaxxed!) 💉 (@EROHealthComms) January 3, 2022
Once again the liberals try to hijack a hashtag that's being used too successfully against them.🤦♂️ https://t.co/D4pXOVS3Or
— Charley T (@charleytemplar) January 3, 2022
Nichols has no time for conspiracy theorists and their crazy ideas. Now here he is appearing on Joy Reid’s show to discuss the topic, “Dems fight back as GOP tries to dismantle democracy.”
.@RadioFreeTom: "The irony is that a lot of the people that are storming these barricades have had nothing taken away from them. They have been told they have had things taken away from them…" #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/0zpn3hAbq1
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) January 4, 2022
Related:
John Pavlovitz shares a totally true anecdote about a woman with a #LetsGoBrandon sticker nearly running people down https://t.co/EycC5ainP9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 30, 2021