Back in 2017, Madonna dropped a few F-bombs in her speech to the Women’s March, and also let the huge crowd know that she’s “thought a lot about blowing up the White House”:
And the crowd roared:
Madonna in 2017: "Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House." pic.twitter.com/Cv5lCHQkQl
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) January 11, 2021
The media is conveniently pretending to have forgotten everything that took place before this year.
I remember this. Where was the outrage from the Left? There was no outrage. https://t.co/q7kF9e1hVw
— Kazoohart (@Kazoohart) January 11, 2021
No outrage from the media, but they did provide plenty of spin:
Of course, CNN came riding to Madonna's rescue, to explain what she *really* meant… pic.twitter.com/GMwpBVT350
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) January 11, 2021
And it wasn’t just CNN doing the spinning:
"clarifies" pic.twitter.com/e18HkyNXOZ
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) January 11, 2021
"part of a larger message" pic.twitter.com/sYydSgiG7T
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) January 11, 2021
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Madonna confesses to fantasizing about blowing up the White House in 2017.
Media: Consider the nuance and context.
Trump tells people not to riot in 2021.
Media: He's inciting INSURRECTION!!!111!!!— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) January 11, 2021
Yep, Madonna was just trying to “express herself,” according to CNN:
I saw a tweet this morning about how Madonna said in 2017 that she thought about blowing up the WH and remembered this is how her remarks were covered by CNN.https://t.co/t7NbNmTb4e pic.twitter.com/YBxXQ6grfc
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) January 11, 2021
THIS. Is CNN.
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