Believe it or not, the same press that launched a Twitter hashtag campaign Friday in response to another “fake news” tweet from President Donald Trump weren’t fans of his rally Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, Fla., although the crowd certainly seemed to be into it.
To be honest, there wasn’t much to distinguish the rally from a campaign event, but President Obama campaigned for a full eight years, so that’s nothing new either.
There's dust on Trump's speech it's so old.
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 18, 2017
We’ve got to agree for the most part, although if you ignore most of the speech and just focus on the most important parts — Trump’s digs at the media and the media’s response — it was still pretty fresh.
Crowd at Trump rally boos media at encouragement of Diamond & Silk. Now chanting "CNN Sucks"
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/833077671475150848
Enemy here at Trump rally is clearly the media. Every speaker bashing press to crowd. People yelling "fake news" outside press pen.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 18, 2017
During the 2016 election, a central rallying point for Trump supporters was a hatred of Hillary Clinton. This rally? Hatred of the media.
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/NKingofDC/status/833086732040073216
Trump, at his Florida rally, is telling the crowd about Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson fighting with the media
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 18, 2017
Translated loosely to "pay no attn to reports on my calling media the 'enemy' as line-crossing" https://t.co/RhXmmLELxG
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 18, 2017
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The president of the United States is using a campaign rally to attack the free press. Democracy itself is under threat.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 18, 2017
If you're going to undermine democracy, at least wear a damn tie.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 18, 2017
Take a look at this guy the president just invited up on stage; he’s wearing a T-shirt for goodness sake. Good thing we wore our pearls today so we can clutch them.
Pres. Trump hugs supporter on stage at Florida rally: https://t.co/rNhHmJ1m0h pic.twitter.com/bTQpN9MV3v
— ABC News (@ABC) February 18, 2017
Trump just called up a guy on stage whom he saw interviewed on the news and arrived at the rally at 4am
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/833099894667800576
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/833093704177049601
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/833100811454529536
https://twitter.com/robert_venosa/status/833101549115174913
Acela corridor all mocking the T-shirt guy speaking at the Trump rally.
I know it's cliche, but #ThisIsWhyTrumpWon.— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/833096495796727809
Hope that guy is ready to have Washington Post & Politico go digging through the darkest secrets of his life
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/CouchKing72/status/833095268937637889
They’re getting there.
So the facebook page of the guy pulled onto Trump's stage is pretty much as you'd think.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) February 19, 2017
Finally, someone who knows what the American people really care about and is willing to go the extra mile to investigate. So, overall impressions?
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/833093509871759360
Trump's fans don't know anything about anything and it's really really scary how policy-ignorant and easily misled they are
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) February 18, 2017
To CNN, apparently, Trump's speech was about the media.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 18, 2017
Cue 24 hr news cycle of outrage over POTUS connecting with the voters outside of Beltway filters. #TrumpRally
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlazerMc88/status/833088986268721153
Seriously, members of the press, how you're reacting to Trump makes how I've been reacting to Joss Whedon for the last 16 years look sane.
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/832935632641130496
Crazy enough to work! https://t.co/OvLCMSlEQz
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 18, 2017