Thread by @RyanShead

THIS WAS ON A FRIEND’S PAGE: An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’

THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:
@realDonaldTrump

That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought "Fine." ()usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, "Okay." ()thedailybeast.com/trump-hotel-pa…

That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, "No problem." ()abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-…

That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, "Not an issue." ()washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec…

That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn't care, you exclaimed, "He sure knows me." ()usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw. ()nbcnews.com/politics/2016-…

That when you heard him brag that he doesn't read books, you said, "Well, who has time?" ()theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn't commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, "That makes sense." ()usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, "Yes!" ()latimes.com/politics/la-na…

That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man's coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, "What a great guy!" ()independent.co.uk/news/people/do…

That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, "Thumbs up!" ()theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, "That's the way I want my President to be." ()huffpost.com/entry/trump-in…

That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they're supposed to be regulating and you have said, "What a genius!" ()politico.com/agenda/story/2…

That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, "That's smart!" ()usnews.com/opinion/articl…

That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was in the middle of water and you have said, "That makes sense." ()washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…

That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, "falling in love" with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, "That's statesmanship!" ()cnn.com/2019/07/02/pol…

That Trump separated children from their families and put them in cages, managed to lose track of 1500 kids, has opened a tent city incarceration camp in the desert in Texas - he explains that they’re just “animals” - and you say, “Well, OK then.” ()nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m…

That you have witnessed all the corruption and lacking moral character, rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise. ()americanprogress.org/issues/democra…

What you don't get is that our succumbing to frustration, thinking of you as stupid, may very well be wrong, but it's also...hear me...charitable.

Because if you're NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.

That when Trump scammed $122 million from everyday Americans for his 2020 campaign — folks who were literally on Hospice waiting to pass — you said, “Trump 2024.”

forbes.com/sites/tommybee…

That when Trump added $7.8 trillion to the national debt after promising to lower it, you said, "he just needs another four years"
propublica.org/article/nation…

That when the trade deficit increased by 40% under Trump, you said, "it would be worse under the democrats"
forbes.com/sites/kenrober…

That when Trump had the worst jobs record since President Hoover, you said, "four more years."

fortune.com/2021/01/11/us-…

That when Trump said he would be too busy working for the American people to go golfing while doing so for a year of his presidency on his own properties, you said, "that's just smart business."
seattlemedium.com/donald-trump-s…

That when Trump said everyone would have better and cheaper healthcare once he was elected while 2.3 million more people become uninsured, you said, "the polling is wrong."
usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

That after Trump said "It's 15 people and pretty soon it will be down close to zero." covid cases in the United States 400,000 Americans died from it, you said, "who could have predicted?"
khn.org/news/nation-re…

I figured it was time for a little update, so here we go...

When we found out trump expressed support for hanging VP Mike Pence during the January 6th Capitol riot, you thought...

"He kinda had it coming”
politico.com/news/2022/05/2…

When Trump said he's 'financially supporting' January 6 defendants and will look 'very favorably' about full pardons if he wins the 2024 election, you said...

"That's a real leader"
businessinsider.com/donald-trump-s…

When the January 6th Committee presented video testimony from ex-attorney general William Barr saying the former president’s claims of election fraud were ‘bogus', ‘idiotic’ and ‘bullshit’, you thought...

"The libs are just trying to take trump down."
theguardian.com/us-news/video/…

When you heard that Rudy Giuliani said "We have lots of theories, we just don't have the evidence," to support the claims of election fraud, you said...

'Rusty Bowers is a traitor'
pbs.org/newshour/polit…

Because when it was reported the FBI had found 'Top Secret' documents haphazardly mingled with magazines and clothes at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, you said...

"The libs are just trying to destroy his legacy"
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

When Richard Donoghue testified under oath that Trump told him to "just say it [the 2020 election] was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen." you said...

'He is lying'
npr.org/2022/06/27/110…

When Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath and quoted Donald Trump as saying 'I don’t f---ing care that they have weapons, they're not here to hurt me. Take the f---ing [magnetometers] away. Let my people in.', you thought...

'Nothing wrong with that'
nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

Maybe because when you heard trump assaulted a Secret Service agent while trying to grab the steering wheel and saying 'I am the f---ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,', you said...

'See, he wanted to be there with us, the libs stopped him'
reuters.com/world/us/trump…

Maybe it's because when the FBI found a document describing a foreign government's military defenses, to include its nuclear capabilities, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, you said...

'It's time to defund the FBI"
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Another reason might be when Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath that Trump had thrown his lunch against a wall leaving a trail of ketchup to be cleaned up, you said...

'She's a liar, he wouldn't do that'
huffpost.com/entry/trump-br…

How about that time Trump sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin, contradicting US intelligence agencies and saying there had been no reason for Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, and you said...

'Trump always tells it like it is'
bbc.com/news/world-eur…

I almost forgot about that time Trump tried to call a January 6th committee witness urging them to "be a team player" ahead of their testimony, you said...

'Must have been a wrong number'
vox.com/23205667/donal…

How about that time Trump defended white-nationalist protesters by saying there were 'Some Very Fine People on Both Sides', and you said...

'He's defending free speech'
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

It could be because of that time Trump told police not to worry about injuring suspects during arrests, and you said...

'Yeah, f--k 'em up'
washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…

Because after President Donald Trump spent weeks whipping up his supporters with false allegations of fraud during the 2020 election, which culminated with his supporters storming the Capitol on January 6th, you said...

'This is how freedom is won'
reuters.com/article/us-usa…

It could be that time Trump publicly pressured the DOJ to investigate Hillary Clinton to deflect attention from the probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, and you said...

'Lock her up'
thehill.com/homenews/admin…

When Trump commuted and pardoned Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Elliott Broidy and Albert J. Pirro, Jr., you said...

'What about Hunter's laptop?'
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

That time peaceful protestors were tear-gassed for a photo op of trump holding a Bible up in front of a Church, you said...

'You just hate him because he's a Christian'
npr.org/2020/06/01/867…

It could have been that time trump refused to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, saying “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” and "Suckers" for getting killed, you said...

'He loves our military'
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

When trump proudly told the proud boys to 'stand back and stand by' during a LIVE presidential debate, you said...

'standing by, sir'
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

When trump spoke on an antifa sympathizer being killed by federal forces and said "...the US Marshals killed him. And I'll tell you something -- that's the way it has to be. There has to be retribution.", you replied with...

'As it should be'
slate.com/news-and-polit…

It has become clear that our concerns were justified.

These folks aren't stupid, they are domestic terrorists.

https://twitter.com/RyanShead/status/1270873963682394112?s=20

I had a lot of people ask for me to redo this and add the additions over the last 3 years into a more recent tweet, specifically so people can unroll the thread.

So here is it…

https://twitter.com/RyanShead/status/1687564432979935232

https://twitter.com/ryanshead/status/1715772528764027237

The video version is finally here…

https://twitter.com/RyanShead/status/1741258608380412288