You’ve probably seen this story in your timeline over the past 24 hours. In summary, a man at a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” in Baltimore stood up in the middle of the play and shouted, “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” before getting escorted out. This link, for example, from CNN’s Brian Ries, has nearly 10,000 retweets:
A man stood up and shouted, “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” during a Baltimore performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” last night. Audience members started running. “I’ll be honest, I was waiting to hear a gunshot. I thought, ‘Here we go,’” one said. https://t.co/Px5CtUOQtU
— Briän Ries (@moneyries) November 15, 2018
Dozens and dozens of other blue-checks then shared Ries’ tweet, all assuming this guy in Baltimore was a Trump supporter:
Hey, remember when guys were shouting “Heil Nixon” and “Heil Reagan?
Me neither. I wonder what’s different now. https://t.co/ABL5KYbBWl— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 15, 2018
Imagine being a Jew and still supporting this rabid, mouth-breathing, racist, nazi-emboldening beast. https://t.co/X3OgHObMzV
— Julie Silver (@JulieAnnSilver) November 15, 2018
@IvankaTrump @jaredkushner Hey what’s up. https://t.co/imYmXucbZm
— Jasmine (@jasminemoy) November 15, 2018
So here's where we are, folks. But ya know, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio and this entire collection of conspiracy-propagating, drool-monkeys isn't inciting violence and division at all. Clearly not. Good people, both sides, etc. https://t.co/Gb2L605Zam
— Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) November 15, 2018
But guess what? This jerk was just some drunk who was PROTESTING THE PRESIDENT:
Police report: Man who shouted at Baltimore theater had been “drinking heavily,” told cops he yelled because the pogrom scene “reminded him of his hatred for President Trump.” Huh. https://t.co/HLMpUJpCZX
— Briän Ries (@moneyries) November 16, 2018
This correction, as of the writing of this post, has 3 retweets. That’s it. Maybe it’s time to delete that first one, ‘eh?
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