Believe it or not, this has caused heads to explode en masse:
My life changed the day I became a father. Liza, Charlie, and Sam are my highest priority. Wishing all of the dads out there a happy early #FathersDay pic.twitter.com/w3UsSkR4Lf
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) June 16, 2018
Remember all the fury after Ivanka Trump’s tweet with her child? This one seems to be headed that direction as well:
Paul Ryan is wishing a happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, except those who may be seeking asylum in this country and have had their young children ripped from their arms. Those dads get Paul Ryan's cowardly silence.https://t.co/LOzKu7Bqt7
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1008046607705702401
https://twitter.com/timothycsimons/status/1008053211125592064
No. You don’t get to be a self righteous hypocrite when your government is separating children from their mothers/parents. Have you no shame? @SpeakerRyan https://t.co/zQ2Y7nS9P4
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 16, 2018
Except dads seeking asylum. In those cases, you are sitting by while this administration rips their children away and detains them.
Those fathers will not be having a Happy Father's Day. https://t.co/oFe55Gh8JT
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 16, 2018
Is @SpeakerRyan trolling himself? No — He's being a selfish, arrogant, cowardly, hypocrite, boasting of the joy of fatherhood while doing nothing to stop Trump from ripping children from their fathers at the border. Isn't that right, Mr Speaker? https://t.co/LMCVkeo9OA
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) June 16, 2018
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And those are just some of the blue checks. There’s a tsunami of additional hate being tweeted at Ryan by many, many others. HuffPost “reporter” Matt Fuller called it “tone deaf”:
Incredibly tone deaf today. https://t.co/lb2G4r4DSp
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) June 16, 2018
Fuller defended his tweet this way:
Because Ryan should celebrate Father's Day some other week? I remember when some people on the Right would get mad at Obama for doing Dad stuff because of his politics. Don't be that guy. https://t.co/VaMwqNT3hf
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 16, 2018
Because children are being taken from their parents at the border, actually.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) June 16, 2018
Obama presided over roughly 7 million abortions, which he favored. If that's the standard, he should never have dared mention children.
And yes, he detained and deported children, too, and killed them with drone strikes…you really want to go down the monomania path?
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 16, 2018
I have no problem with a politician celebrating Father’s Day. I even was part of a Paul Ryan puff piece two years ago for Father’s Day.
But to ignore what’s going on at the border right now while talking about how fatherhood changes you is, yes, tone deaf.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) June 16, 2018
A sizable segment of the media were pretty much AWOL during the Obama administration but they are so very back.
This is why your industry is regarded as pond scum.
— pouncing and seizing Brad (@bradcundiff) June 16, 2018
I cant believe it! now we cannot celebrate father’s day this year?? ?
— Ady Figueroa (@adyfig) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/Alicia_Smith19/status/1008052476963147777
https://twitter.com/buddy_musgrove/status/1008053325416280064
Paul Ryan has nothing to apologize for….get off your high horse….
— Satchel Ass (@BucketBut) June 16, 2018
I don't get why you can't wish a Happy Father's Day because of the current issues with kids/parents being separated.
Or that Ivanka posting a picture w/ her son is somehow giving the finger to those seeking asylum.
We need to fix things, but let's not get unhinged in the prcess
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 16, 2018
Oh, the unhinging is already well under way!
https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/1008077704237756416
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