The last living leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 91 after a lengthy illness.
Mikhail Gorbachev — the last leader of the Soviet's "Evil Empire" who watched as Soviet Communism crumbled and the Iron Curtain collapsed under overwhelming pressure from the free world — died on Tuesday at 91. https://t.co/huhgZFi0z3
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) August 30, 2022
I can't wait for the glowing Gorbachev obituaries.
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) August 30, 2022
He was no austere religious scholar, but he did dismantle the USSR and end the Cold War by being such an awesome dude. Check out this guy:
Mikhail Gorbachev, loved abroad and reviled at home, whose reform and openness set in motion forces that freed Eastern Europe, ended the USSR and Communism in Europe and ended the Cold War, is dead at 91. What an extraordinary and complicated figure! https://t.co/FOhHRHjGGl
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) August 30, 2022
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who helped to end the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. This is how I will remember him. https://t.co/vKCBaufKWL
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) August 30, 2022
BREAKING: Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War, has died. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24 pic.twitter.com/gwcpInjBqR
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 30, 2022
Gorby "helped" end the Cold War like Hitler "helped end" WWII when he killed himself. pic.twitter.com/JJpuVg3jtB
— ¡El Soopèr! ن c137 🦬 (@SooperMexican) August 30, 2022
Gorbachev also bears responsibility for the brutal crackdown on the Lithuanian and Latvian peaceful demonstrations in January 1991, which led to over a dozen of civilian casualties. The Russian authorities never allowed the prosecution to interrogate him about the case.
— Karolis Stasiukėnas 🇪🇺🏴🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@stasiukenas) August 30, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev was perhaps most famous for attending a Beirut summit of dictators and rogues in 1988, declaring that wiping out Washington and New York would "spoil three years of good public relations" and that he had "Americans believing he was a nice guy." pic.twitter.com/vQp1w1HDyr
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 30, 2022
‘Gorbachev more popular than Reagan’ was a cliche of the liberal press in the 1980s. So get ready for those Periclean eulogies to Gorby for the accomplishment of not being Ronald Reagan. pic.twitter.com/equ8FurJs4
— Anang Mittal अनंग मित्तल (@anangbhai) August 30, 2022
“As far as Reagan’s much-vaunted role in winning the cold war, the lion’s share of credit goes to Mikhail Gorbachev — a true visionary and, it turns out, the real democrat” – @TheOliverStone in @Showtime's 2012 ‘Untold History of the U.S.: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World’ pic.twitter.com/lIbZgWCtiz
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 (@BrentHBaker) August 30, 2022
CNN's Phil Black claims the fall of the Berlin Wall "remains the most iconic achievement of Gorbachev's time in power." As if Ronald Reagan wasn't responsible for that. pic.twitter.com/q498rkEWwZ
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 30, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev did not take down the Iron Curtain nor did he end the Cold War — he was in charge when it all fell apart but Reagan, Thatcher, JPII and other freedom fighters brought the Soviet Union to its knees, defeated communism, and liberated millions. https://t.co/iYxySkrCBt
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) August 30, 2022
TRUMP RUSSIA TRUMP RUSSIA TRUMP RUSSIA
<literally drools over Gorbachev>
— Federalist Muskrat 🇺🇸 (@Muskrat__) August 30, 2022
RIP to Mikhail Gorbachev. Here is the moment communism in Russia was defeated. pic.twitter.com/CGPqMtl9Wh
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 30, 2022
That's Rocky IV.
— Remove46 (@Steel3124) August 30, 2022
Stop making things up. That's Gorbachev.
— You're very wrong (@yourewrongstill) August 30, 2022
This isn’t up for debate.
— KJ 🤙🏻 (@redheadwonder6) August 30, 2022
Can’t wait for the Washington Post obituary
— Cooper Daves (@CooperDaves) August 30, 2022
Reagan’s speech helped pic.twitter.com/pTXW3OImS9
— Zod (@Riley94510202) August 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/OcalaMike20/status/1564717996265902080
This is a great day to remember what an extraordinary president Ronald Reagan was.
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