A Daunte Wright protester trolled former President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN’s Sara Sidner by holding up a can of soup he said was for his family and then winking at the camera:
How did I miss this pic.twitter.com/VgXEeaGylR
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 15, 2021
That protester was riffing on this from the former president back in September:
Here's the most powerful person in the world going off on a rant about …soup.pic.twitter.com/iCRPD1NtLM
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) September 1, 2020
And libs loved it:
The bar has truly been raised in the art of trolling. https://t.co/w7SmG1uEzR
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 15, 2021
Hey, we all gotta feed our families https://t.co/7Pv8eH8y20
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) April 15, 2021
You never know when you're going to need soup for your family https://t.co/tr4WENJMyB
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) April 15, 2021
OMG ? https://t.co/R1gLZLW34f
— jab seeker ??♂️⏳ (@comradesipho) April 15, 2021
The Daily Beast took it even further, declaring it was “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare come true”:
Donald Trump’s worst nightmare has come true https://t.co/1Eto1tFlOE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 15, 2021
But was it really?
Guy shows off projectile, they frame it to be about Trump. https://t.co/NHQnOUdNYc
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) April 15, 2021
In other words, Trump was right:
This is an oddly bitter way of admitting that he was right. https://t.co/ac76xhLIxO
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) April 15, 2021
And despite the awkward way the former president phrased it about soup, it’s been true since last summer when the riots began:
It’s been true since June. But at the time the Daily Beast thought that police officers being assaulted was a small price to pay in order to oust Trump. https://t.co/Fo94UcGghi
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) April 15, 2021
And can they ever just quit Trump?
You guys are clearly having Trump withdrawls. https://t.co/eYkCtgmcBz
— Charlie (@CharlieJThomas) April 15, 2021
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