If you’re looking for a shining example of constitutional illiteracy, you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than this from ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd:
2nd amendment was all about having a militia available to protect the government from threat foreign or domestic w/out a standing army.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) October 4, 2017
Icing on the cake? He’d tweeted this just a little over ten minutes earlier:
You might want to do a little research.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) October 4, 2017
Oh, Matthew … you slay us.
This is an actual journalist that people trust to give them well-researched, informed information.
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) October 4, 2017
Oops?
"Wrong" doesn't seem like a strong enough word to describe this hot take https://t.co/YrSinvmFOx
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) October 4, 2017
But it’s a pretty good start.
umm.. pic.twitter.com/qs02h5mbPW
— WhichWitch (@JeffersonTeaPar) October 4, 2017
You actually tweeted this on purpose? For everyone to read? Holly Hannah https://t.co/5dvVshq8oL
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) October 4, 2017
This man's theory is that the most brilliant men of the time accidentally put the 2nd on a list of individual rights. Bless his heart. https://t.co/sq4ojmq9bP
— Harold Stickeehans (@StickeeNotes) October 4, 2017
What????? That's absolutely the opposite of correct
— CzechChick (@czechchickk) October 4, 2017
No, it absolutely was not. It was about citizens being protected from *their own* government.
— Alex F. Baldwin (@VerumVulnero1) October 4, 2017
Why would the fed gov't have to be limited from infringing on something meant to protect it? #Pendejo https://t.co/hFncb3NmTw
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) October 4, 2017
I've seen liberals try to rewrite the Constitution to fit their twisted agenda, but this is FLAT OUT LYING!!! #2A https://t.co/I0H6zXP1uL
— Angela.Kay (@DeepSouthProud) October 4, 2017
When the thing you know is literally the opposite of the truth. https://t.co/MtmITOcvOh
— Brian Guy (@ItsThatBriGuy) October 4, 2017
Were you smoking crack when you wrote this?
— Brian D Moore (@Brian51207316) October 4, 2017
"Protect the government"??? ??????
I beg you, seek rehab.
— Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) October 4, 2017
Well, at least there’s a lesson here for Matthew:
You shouldn’t talk about this subject.
— Michael Garrison (@MikeDGarrison) October 4, 2017
And a lesson for us, too:
Sometimes the best way to win a debate is to just let the other side keep talking.
Exhibit A. ??????
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) October 4, 2017
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