After the story about bedbugs infesting the New York Time on Monday, the hashtag #TrumpBedBugs started trending on Twitter thanks in large part to this Miami Herald article in 2017 about a lawsuit that claimed a visitor to the Trump resort in Doral, FL was bitten by bedbugs during his stay in 2016:
All the best bugs #TrumpBedBugshttps://t.co/7Lv2EPfAkD
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) August 26, 2019
That case was settled and nobody is talking. From the Miami Herald:
In a bit of good news for the new president, court records show his attorneys in Miami have reached a tentative settlement with a business traveler who sued the resort after his back, face and arms were devoured by voracious bed bugs at the revamped resort.
In a terse one-page report just slipped into the court file, court-appointed mediator Frank Allocca filed a notice that reads “an agreement was reached.” There were no details on what will likely be a confidential deal.
President Trump responded today saying “Radical Left Democrats” are responsible for the “false and nasty rumor” about his hotel:
No bedbugs at Doral. The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing that the perfectly located (for the next G-7) Doral National MIAMI was under consideration for the next G-7, spread that false and nasty rumor. Not nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2019
He does have a point. Are there any other claims of bedbugs at the hotel?
Property owner responds to bad Yelp review https://t.co/GoqiOkJtwi
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) August 27, 2019
And believe it or not, this tweet has nothing to do with the other bedbug story in news today:
Property owner responds to bad Yelp review https://t.co/GoqiOkJtwi
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) August 27, 2019
How are there two entirely separate national bedbug stories running concurrently, is this some kind of cosmic prank https://t.co/KxjRic1zpB
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) August 27, 2019
Not sure why, exactly, but mentions of bedbugs on twitter are up roughly 12 trillion percent https://t.co/OGg2vYY1LC
— Jason (@longwall26) August 27, 2019
It’s going to be worse than Ebola Twitter:
Oh boy
Bedbug Twitter just went to the next level https://t.co/FP7bddiSLT
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) August 27, 2019
Up next? Roach Twitter:
Florida authorities reported 524 health-code violations at Doral from 2013 to 2018, including “20-25 live roaches… on the walls, baseboards and floors in the kitchen food prep area” and “live, small flying insects… in the kitchen and dishwasher room.” https://t.co/N6y47FG3hg https://t.co/HuKx18jjFb
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) August 27, 2019
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'Such a liar': Bret Stephens doubles down, says calling him a bedbug is dehumanizing https://t.co/Ct7NvgSFNn
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2019
NYT columnist Bret Stephens quits Twitter after he was called out for trying to get a professor fired over a tweet https://t.co/49557icH0U
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2019
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