Yesterday the most hysterical response to Trump’s siding with Putin against his own intelligence agencies was for the former CIA Director to call him treasonous:
Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of “high crimes & misdemeanors.” It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) July 16, 2018
I know, I know, that’s a pretty high bar to pass.
But I think I’ve found something even more hysterical:
“His performance today will live in infamy as much as the Pearl Harbor attack or Kristallnacht.”
– Fmr. Watergate Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks on Trump’s comments at the Helsinki summit pic.twitter.com/pp5YuNw1pi
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) July 17, 2018
Pearl Harbor? Kristallnacht? Is this a joke?
2,403 Americans died in the attack by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor and at least 100 Jews died in the pogroms of Kristallnacht by the Nazis, with well over a thousand more injured. Just how many people died yesterday because of Trump’s comments?
So Trump has gone from ‘treasonous’ to being compared to the two evil empires that were the reasons for WWII. Amazing!
Here are some of the clever responses this got on Twitter:
One of the best things Trump has going for him is that his opponents are in a state of ceaseless hysteria https://t.co/xBGQ0OrPGv
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) July 17, 2018
incredible that actual adults exist who think like this https://t.co/5cr2v5o2JJ
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) July 17, 2018
This is moral obscenity. https://t.co/TOuo1cF77J
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 17, 2018
Who DIED in a bombing attack today? "This is your brain on drugs, kids." https://t.co/Af66ZdGYzn
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) July 17, 2018
Approximately 2,000 Jews died on Kristallnacht.
— Adam J. Lowy (@AdamJLowy) July 17, 2018
Close to 1,000 synagogues were destroyed on Kristallnacht.
7,500 Jewish shops were destroyed on Kristallnacht.
Get a real job, Jill Wine-Banks. https://t.co/4k35WZJwxY
...not to mention the Spanish Inquisition, the Black Death, the Killing Fields, the Ice Age, the marauding of Genghis Khan, the crucifixion of Jesus... https://t.co/NNR98qD0sF
— David B. Cohen (@DavidBCohen1) July 17, 2018
They always overplay their hand. https://t.co/luNvICLOeI
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) July 17, 2018
How To Take A Winning Hand And Make It A Losing Hand 101. https://t.co/97c0drMZ5l
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) July 17, 2018