The press secretary to former President Bill Clinton unleashed a ranting Twitter tantrum over President Trump and his “resentful, uneducated” supporters.
Joe Lockhart, who served as Clinton’s press secretary from 1998 to 2000, unloaded on Trump in an epic 21-tweet meltdown in which he posted his “shadow briefings” Wednesday, slamming the administration and supporters of the president who attended a campaign rally.
Lockhart ripped Trump supporters who attended a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina Wednesday, calling them an “angry crowd of resentful, uneducated people screaming for blood from the people of color who are stealing everything from them.”
He attacked the president as a “bigoted, misogynist white supremacist” and accused him of reshaping the Republican Party “in his own image.”
2. As you read here yesterday, @realDonaldTrump is very pleased with how the whole racism campaign. He forced all but four Republicans to walk the plank and vote for him saying go back to where you come from is not racist. He believes if there was any doubt that he has totally
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
3. taken over and reshaped the Republican Party in his own image–that of a bigoted, misogynist white supremacist. He thinks that’s pretty cool. He also thinks the Dems are now defined by the squad and the public will roundly reject any party that tolerates people of color.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
The “squad” Lockhart referred to is made up of Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, progressive Democrats who have been locked in a war of words with the president this week after Trump’s initial tweet on Sunday when he questioned why unnamed “Democrat Congresswomen” don’t “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came, then come back and show us how it is done.”
Lockhart sarcastically noted the “real fun time” to be had at the rally coming up that night, as he proceeded to insult everyone who would be attending.
4. Given that, expect a whole bunch more tonight in North Carolina. He’ll have an angry crowd of resentful, uneducated people screaming for blood from the people of color who are stealing everything from them. It ought to be a real fun time. Remember, CNN sucks and the media
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
5. is the enemy of the people. Q. Does the President agree with his son Eric that 95% of America agrees with him. A. No. @potus thinks he son Eric is a moron and ignores everything he says. He said not even Rasmussen cooks the numbers that much. @realDonaldTrump does believe
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
He continued to tweet his inflammatory remarks in more meandering messages, touching on “money for the 9/11 compensation fund” to tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. He managed to add comments on a friendship between Trump and billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein who was arrested on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls earlier this month.
Though the president made it clear he cut ties with Epstein many years ago, Lockhart unloaded one incendiary allegation after another in his tweetstorm.
12. Are you denying the President had sex with underage girls provided by Epstein. A. Of course I’m not denying that. It stands to reason he did. And because he thinks it’s ok, then it is ok. For god sake, he campaigned for a guy who was banned from shopping malls.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
Lockhart continued his rant, taking shots at Trump’s immigration policies, the border wall and accusing the president of invoking fear of “people who look different from you.”
17. children, how can you say that? A. POTUS believes they are MS-13 in training, like children wearing vest bombs ready to blow us up, after they’ve raped us. Fear is the whole game here. Fear of people who look different from you, maybe speak another language. Fear they
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
“What’s the President’s message at the rally tonight,” Lockhart asked in conclusion.
“Did you just get here or are you stupid. Its about hate, man, hate black people, hate homosexuals, hate transgender, hate Latinos, hate Muslims, hate the media, hate Democrats, hate the squad, hate anyone who didn’t vote for him,” he wrote.
20. What’s the President’s message at the rally tonight. A. Did you just get here or are you stupid. Its about hate, man, hate black people, hate homosexuals, hate transgender, hate Latinos, hate Muslims, hate the media, hate Democrats, hate the squad, hate anyone who didn’t
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 17, 2019
Whatever Lockhart hoped to accomplish with his Twitter tantrum seemed to have missed its mark as users slammed him for insulting half the country.
man you live in in your own delusional world..EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID IS LIES#WalkAwayFromDemocratSocialists
— Jasa (@indyjasa) July 17, 2019
LOL..thanks Joe..people like you helped Trump become POTUS..and people like you will insure he has 4 more years..keep trashing 62 million people who don’t agree with you..mock them…and enjoy election night when they stick it to you again!!!! can’t wait for Willy and JE tapes,,
— Bill Keller (@LivePrayer) July 17, 2019
You have to be quite the ballbag to throw a thread that long out. Judging by the likes and retweet’s no one cares, thanks. #MAGA2020
— bravo752 (@batista75291) July 17, 2019
I’m none of the things you described. You need assistance with reality.
— Shalea ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@shalea789) July 18, 2019
— IpsoPhakto (@Mcschweety) July 17, 2019
Just maybe if people like you would stop being so stupid, we could move on from 2016? Your trying to win votes for Democrats like this? it will never happen, only gives me reason to vote for Trump more
— Kampbyll Photography (@kampbyll) July 17, 2019
Who made you an expert?
If you have to spread lies for a platform, you are already dead.
I think you come off as a damned fool with this claptrap.— Golfmann (@golfmann) July 18, 2019
Hey Joe, maybe you should clean out your ears, it’s the far left who are the racist, they hate the right, they attack citizens with different views, and you sorry liberals stay silent… asshole
— Chris Lopez (@skilopr) July 18, 2019
Go to hell joe, you’re an absolute disgrace and a total scumbag
— unclestu (@deplorabledreg1) July 18, 2019
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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