The Independence Day fireworks show on America's 250th would have been given Joe Dirt's full approval, and it was a display for the ages.
However, because the derangement syndrome runs so deep, Democrats couldn't even have half an hour where they could join everybody else in celebrating.
Nothing brings out the self-imposed misery of the American left like a fireworks display 😂😂😂
— CarolinaConservative3 (@1776Carolina3) July 5, 2026
The Left spent days and days trying to dump on Freedom 250 so it was pretty obvious what Dems and the lib media would try when it came to the huge fireworks show in DC:
The lefty media's readying their "millions could die" reactions to Trump's 4th fireworks display. https://t.co/fPiQP0Fpst
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) July 2, 2026
Yes indeed, we're already getting pretty close to that prediction coming to fruition.
CNN was of course happy to help the Democrats with a post-fireworks narrative:
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Residents of Washington, DC, briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. https://t.co/B9Y2AfeKG4
— CNN (@CNN) July 5, 2026
They couldn't even manage to say it was "firework-y but mostly peaceful"?
“Briefly” being the operative word here. It was a once in 250 years event, passed quickly, and is done
— AlexaShrugged (@AlexaShrugged) July 6, 2026
Detroit — the morning after the fireworks— ranked higher than DC did during the fireworks.
— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) July 5, 2026
CNN is fake news. https://t.co/45ff1Jer1h
You think you hate the media enough.
— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) July 5, 2026
You don’t. https://t.co/7aSMYdINv3
Democrats and the media have gotten so laughably predictable when it comes to how they'll spin anything that Trump does that it's no longer even entertaining, but rather...
exhausting https://t.co/SX3EZnYHbi
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 6, 2026
Yep, that's the word!
