Of Course Trump Tweeted out the C-Word in the Past
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In the past two years, the concept of “there is always a tweet” has gone from political curiosity to metaphysical fact to the one true religion. If you’re unfamiliar with this concept, treat yourself to Jake Weindling’s thorough treatise on the subject, with 100 actual examples. Or settle for this short explanation: For every action Trump takes as president, and for every inane complaint or edict that emanates from his mouth, there is a tweet from his past either directly contradicting the words he is spewing, or demonstrating that he has committed the same exact sin. It’s like hypocrisy, but bolder and stupider.
So, now that the White House is demanding the firing of TBS’ Samantha Bee after she called Ivanka Trump a c*nt, the existence of that same word in Trump’s Twitter past is all but inevitable. Trump, along with his real-life minions, has equated Bee’s remark with Roseanne Barr’s overt act of Twitter racism—this is nonsense, by the way—and has essentially argued that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show? A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 1, 2018