CNN’s Brian Stelter used a word cloud to investigate the real target of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday.
From Stelter’s “Reliable Sources” newsletter this morning:
GASP! The president targeted Americans in his big speech?
Hardest Hit? Joy Reid, of course.
The MSNBC host criticized the president for focusing too much on things like “church,” “family,” “police,” “military,” and the “national anthem”:
Church … family … police … military … the national anthem … Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism. The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for. #SOTU
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 31, 2018
She didn’t like the “America” parts of the speech?
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/958572990345728007
Joy Reid lists the things she would not want a president to support or favor. https://t.co/kvilT0nNa2
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 31, 2018
Wow. Who knew that love of family, pride in our country, and an adherence to the general rule of law (a hallmark of every democracy) is nothing more than the nostalgia for a "bygone era." https://t.co/aCedWaNt5M
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) January 31, 2018
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The notion that respect for military, family, church, the national anthem, etc. are just tropes from the 1950's says infinitely more about you than it does Trump https://t.co/90e6cB50hA
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 31, 2018
You make all these things sound like bad things. https://t.co/pAONn96FSW
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 31, 2018
Will liberals really run against these themes again after losing in 2016? Probably:
I love that Trump draws them out to expose themselves for who they really are. https://t.co/u0KrpMuiTX
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/jkirchick/status/958539577865760768
And he’ll win again:
Why Trump won. ??? Democrats are disgusted by church & family. https://t.co/L8N9z60nTP
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) January 31, 2018
The only thing Reid left off her list was “apple pie.” But as they say, there is a tweet for everything:
Jennifer Granholm is as American as apple pie. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Were both govs. Can't be president bc they weren't born here.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 12, 2016
And then after the speech, Reid watched “The Crown” to soothe herself:
Found out tonight I’m not the only one who finds The Crown to be incredibly soothing. Brilliant show.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 31, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2018
ICYMI ==> OFFS: Joy Reid goes straight STUPID with comment on immigration and MS-13 https://t.co/M5SEiwtu1A
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2018