Thursday night, President-elect Donald Trump held his first “thank you” rally. And, boy, was the press a hot mess. Check out Ben White, Politico correspondent and CNBC contributor.
These rallies are ridiculous
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 2, 2016
It's really really weird that the campaign is over and Trump is still holding campaign rallies.
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 1, 2016
Oh, is it?
About as weird, roughly, as our media forgetting that President Obama enjoyed doing the same. https://t.co/N9uwh6Znew
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 1, 2016
Awkward! Then, during his speech at the rally, Donald Trump rammed the press.
President-elect Trump in Cincinnati: "the extremely dishonest press."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/804491826526879744
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/804491933691314176
Oh no, special snowflakes! Can you create an itty bitty safe space at future rallies where you can share feelings and scrawl in your tear-stained diaries? Journos didn’t like Trump’s truth-talk, but regular Americans and Trump voters? We could not love it more that he is still holding rallies and totally trolling the media.
Loving that Trump has his own bully pulpit HIS way. Godspeed, biased media. Have fun whining about "fake news" and stuff.
— Lori Ziganto (@snarkandboobs) December 2, 2016
It’s a new game, dishonest dinosaurs. President-elect Trump does not need you to get his messages across (and you wouldn’t do it fairly anyway, natch) and he damn well knows it. So do we.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/804492530364612608
Trump's swipe at Martha Raddatz … ha ha ha
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) December 2, 2016
The smattering of boos when media mentioned… wait, did I say smattering? I mean crescendo of boos.
— Just Tom (@thomasa56) December 2, 2016
Personally, maniacal giggling is my new normal. It’s gloat-tastic. Another journo whined:
Sign on lectern bills this as a "thank you tour." Trump mostly using it to mock Dems, thumb nose at media and brag about his win.
— Jesse Byrnes (@jessebyrnes) December 2, 2016
Hey, remember Obama and “I won”? We’re just playing by your rules, Dems. The most special snowflake of them all? Check out Chris Cizzilla of the Washington Post:
Boo the press if you want. Then imagine what society would be like without a free press.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 2, 2016
Oh, cupcake. That’s precious.
What if I want a society in which we have a free press and in which people are free to boo it?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 2, 2016
Non sequitur. I want a free press. I work in a free press. I'm a First Amendment nut. I'm also fine with booing. https://t.co/UNPbmn1YiC
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/jrireland1/status/804696421958041600
Hey, stop making sense! That can be triggering, man. Why are you so hateful with your pesky logic and stuff?
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/804527199843848193
They truly are. The subsequent snowflake schooling (oh how I love thee, alliteration) was delicious and magnificent.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/804691246455422976
Curious, isn’t it?
Imagine Washington with a fair press. This isn't about a free press. Everyone supports a free press. https://t.co/WfZj0Y0WyO
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 2, 2016
You and the rest of the MSM are merely a flawed and discredited sub-set of the free press you pretend to represent. @TheFix https://t.co/DKC0nHXzng
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 2, 2016
SWOON.
https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/804529103848308737
Criticism of the press doesn't mean not wanting a free press. It's wanting a press that isn't mountain of groupthink https://t.co/NjAX2aEuRC
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) December 2, 2016
Ouch.
https://twitter.com/Daddy_Warpig/status/804727973962252289
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/804692689203687424
Complain about air pollution if you want. Then imagine what society would be without air. https://t.co/Eo42tjD1Rc
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 2, 2016
Climb down off the cross, Chris. https://t.co/x6Mll26WM3
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) December 2, 2016
Can't believe John Lennon cut this verse. https://t.co/WLr4tOXTqG
— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 2, 2016
.@TheFix …He said with a straight face, still with no clue why Trump won.
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) December 2, 2016
Precisely! See, the same media who were too wilfully obtuse to understand Donald Trump’s campaign, and who sneered at his supporters still don’t get it. Even after this reminder:
TRUMP 2020? 8 reasons Buzzfeed’s Chip and Joanna Gaines hit piece will cause more Dem losses
Will it start to sink in?
Pre-election politics Twitter was convinced Trump's schtick wouldn't work politically. Except it kind of does.
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) December 2, 2016
Not all. Some of us knew and tried to explain it. Alas, bubbles are hard to break out of, evidently.
Seriously though, it's amazing how Media types are positive they did a perfect job in this election and have nothing to reconsider. https://t.co/CudY5XNdCW
— Armando (@ArmandoNDK) December 2, 2016
Yep. But maybe mainstream media will finally learn the lesson. The hard way:
You're correct that we need a free press. Sadly mistaken that it needs to be you. Your legitimacy is dead, and you guys killed it yourselves https://t.co/Nlm1ZC12sB
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) December 2, 2016
You've made yourself irrelevant because of your blatant bias . The beauty of America is that someone will replace you with a better product. https://t.co/jlHOKmW6Ak
— Rob Tam (@robtr2) December 2, 2016
God bless America.
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