By now you’ve probably seen or read about this alleged incident at the White House Easter Egg Roll yesterday where it appeared that President Trump, after autographing a MAGA hat, threw the hat to a different kid in the crowd. From Politico:
A kid asks Trump to sign his hat at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The president signs … and then tosses the hat into the crowd. pic.twitter.com/7ExdhpO97H
— POLITICO (@politico) April 17, 2017
Except, this video from a different angle show that the president tossed the hat back to the same teen who handed it to him in the first place. Focus on the boy in the light blue dress shirt with light khaki pants:
Appears, in another angle, that he threw it back to the teen who handed it to him. https://t.co/LdEGQR7gvq
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) April 17, 2017
Busted!
And here’s a partial list of verified tweeters who need to offer the president a correction:
This is a metaphor for the entire Trump Presidency to date. The hat can be health care, internet data, trust, whatever. https://t.co/8ARXenSDB9
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 17, 2017
Lots of people are responding to this with "WTF," but this makes sense to me. After all, handouts are for losers. https://t.co/5t9k6siQzT https://t.co/Q3anAUgQl5
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) April 17, 2017
Let's hope Trump manages North Korea with more competence and finesse than he showed in another hard task–the Easter Egg Roll. https://t.co/mxFUD0KWJD
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 17, 2017
And then a dozen reporters swarmed on the kid, who affirmed he would do it all over again, his support hasn’t waned, “Build that wall!” https://t.co/7ZFrCzUrGd
— ana marie c?x (@anamariecox) April 17, 2017
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If this isn't a perfect metaphor for the Trump presidency, I don't know what is. https://t.co/nMlY6WrHWt
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/JamesPMorrison/status/854034735437275136
https://twitter.com/timseppala/status/854045096408428546
Christ, what an asshole. https://t.co/QOwGbfAJqW
— Tim Bousquet (@Tim_Bousquet) April 17, 2017
Omg what a dick! https://t.co/X4YqwvLugc
— Nimco Ali (OB-fanny-E) ? (@NimkoAli) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/gregstevens/status/854069344577495040
He has dementia. https://t.co/rlYvBbJygX
— Dan Goor (@djgoor) April 18, 2017
Trump is basically the grown up version of Scut Farkus from a Christmas Story. https://t.co/SVu0RN8Il1
— Annie Heckenberger (@anniemal) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/seankent/status/854127448308539395
The actual definition of an ass hat https://t.co/T7YjfnfurM
— Amy Holden Jones (@aholdenj) April 18, 2017
There is something seriously not right with this guy. https://t.co/MMWKuGkXq8
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) April 17, 2017
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