Every once in awhile you come across an exceptionally stupid tweet that makes you stop, scratch your head and reread it because your mind can’t quite grasp the stupidity you just read.
This tweet from Iliza Shlesinger is one of those tweets:
Obamacare was gutted because Trump and his constituents couldn't stand that a black man was in their White House. It is that black and white
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 4, 2017
Honestly we can’t decide if this tweet is just really stupid or racist.
Maybe a little of both.
As you can imagine, the reaction to Shlesinger’s tweet was not exactly positive:
@iliza @iliza, dance all you like, this was a dumb, insulting, divisive tweet. No getting around it.
I'm out. Wish you the best.— Joel Lambert (@Joel5326) May 5, 2017
@Joel5326 I wasn't dancing- I was standing firm on it. Dancing implies I'm ashamed or wrong. Peace
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 5, 2017
Yeah, she’s firm in her stupidity.
@iliza No you're not. Original tweet said that I, and millions more are racist & hate Obama because he's black.
If that's what you think, own it.— Joel Lambert (@Joel5326) May 5, 2017
Yup.
@Joel5326 I said Trump and his constituents – his cabinet. I never meant Trump voters and don't you think if I meant that I would have said it?Come on
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 5, 2017
Oh boy. See, she thought constituents meant cabinet …
Perhaps she should avoid political twitter if she doesn’t know the difference between the two.
This did not go well for her.
@iliza @Joel5326 What the hell do you think constituents are!?
— Miss Mary (@MFreemanTweets) May 5, 2017
She’s clearly not sure.
@MFreemanTweets @Joel5326 So, while on a tweet storm I said constituents and I should have said cabinet. It was an error. But sure people have decided I'm evil.
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 5, 2017
No one said evil … they did imply she wasn’t all that bright.
@TonyRogers1256 Nobody ready this one all the way through
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 4, 2017
@TMIWITW @iliza @TonyRogers1256 Yep, reread your Alinsky rules iliza pic.twitter.com/Qut0eR2Idc
— (((I Can't Even))) (@szysgt) May 5, 2017
@iliza You are a dumber than usual person.
— John Burtner (@JohnBurtner) May 5, 2017
@JohnBurtner Because I said a word wrong and disagreed with you? Sounds like an intelligent defense.
— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) May 5, 2017
Umm.
@iliza Yeah, it had nothing to do with premiums equal to house payments, deductibles so high they'll never be met, for plans that docs won't take.
— Tom (@BoreGuru) May 4, 2017
We tried to keep up with this thread, and in full transparency even we admit it’s hard to make sense of her silly argument. First she claimed the GOP vote was about Trump and his voters being racist, and then she claimed she screwed up a word, and then she went on some bizarre rant about how she’s evil for using the wrong word?
Millennials.
Of all the dumb things to pin on racism, this really takes the cake. https://t.co/uodVPGSsLw
— neontaster (@neontaster) May 5, 2017
It’s something else, heh.
Related:
As straight, doughy white men celebrate deadly AHCA vote, white women reminded they're to blame https://t.co/PicviPfSsZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 4, 2017
