And we're off! Blue-checked singer flips out over something Donald Trump didn't say about Robert E. Lee [video]

Civil War Twitter is back, baby!

Oh cool, civil war Twitter is back.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 26, 2019

Thanks to Donald Trump’s remarks earlier today regarding Robert E. Lee’s greatness as a general:

Asked if he still thinks there were "very fine people" on both sides of the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Trump says, "I was talking about people that went b/c they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E Lee. A great general, whether you like it or not" pic.twitter.com/D7O5vFWy29

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2019

Was Trump’s answer meandering and awkward? Yes. And we can certainly have a debate about Trump’s post-Charlottesville remarks or Robert E. Lee’s greatness as a general or as a person, but if your debate strategy consists of putting words in Trump’s mouth, you don’t deserve to be taken seriously.

Musician and author Mikel Jollett does not deserve to be taken seriously:

Robert E. Lee owned 200 slaves (which he famously tortured) then led a rebellion to extend slavery which killed 620,000 people.

Saying you're not a racist, you just love Robert E. Lee is like saying you're not an antisemite, you just love Hitler. https://t.co/K3jEHpZFSD

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) April 26, 2019

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Except that’s not what Trump said. Like, at all. But brownie points for working Hitler in there.

I guess it makes sense that a President who committed treason would defend a general who committed treason.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) April 26, 2019

Trump committed treason? We must’ve missed that. Just like we missed the part where Trump defended Robert E. Lee.

NARRATOR: Of course, Trump never said he loved Robert E. Lee. https://t.co/izPjHjWz82

— RBe (@RBPundit) April 26, 2019

The Resistance has a real talent for stepping on rakes. Trump does and says dumb things all the time, but they choose instead to flip out about things he didn’t actually do or say. All the Left has to do is not be crazy and they just can’t do it. This is why Trump won — and why he’ll win again.