All around the country, people (read: Trump supporters) are staging anti-quarantine protests, crowding the streets in MAGA gear and demanding to reopen the economy, even as the death toll due to coronavirus continues to rise, with over 44,000 Americans succumbing to the virus as of yesterday.
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Then this morning, first daughter Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to urge people who are protesting social distancing orders to please practice social distancing and wear a face mask while doing so.
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“Peaceful protest & freedom of assembly are beautiful American traditions that should always be protected,” she chirped. “If you choose to exercise your 1st Amendment rights, please practice social distancing & wear a face covering. We can protect our rights & our health at the same time.”
Peaceful protest & freedom of assembly are beautiful American traditions that should always be protected.
If you choose to exercise your 1st Amendment rights, please practice social distancing & wear a face covering.
We can protect our rights & our health at the same time. ??
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) April 22, 2020
Hmmm. Last time we checked, storming state capitals with AR-15 style rifles or threatening to run over nurses wasn’t considered “peaceful protesting.” But, hey, what do we know?
And now, the responses…
They are protesting social distancing. Why would you expect them to practice it? pic.twitter.com/D6WemnAvcZ
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 22, 2020
Please explain that they should stay one confederate flag apart. Math is obviously more difficult for them.
— Victoria Woodhull (@vwoodhull938) April 22, 2020
Gurlll…I know science & math are hard for the Trumps, but protesting during a deadly pandemic is NOT a smart move for ones health.
— Րυɱ૦Ր Һคς ɿ੮ (@BrandiLynn4Ever) April 22, 2020
Let the protestors come to your place instead of in front of hospitals. Just open up that bubble you live in.
— Matthew Gellert (@MatthewGellert) April 22, 2020
Whatever you do, don’t kneel at a football game though.
— Paul (@pablo_honey1) April 22, 2020
Do you mean like this? Why do you want so many American deaths? pic.twitter.com/4QTVYFpm1k
— Ro ♠️♦️♣️♥️ (@Ennndora) April 22, 2020
Just beautiful, when they’re armed to the teeth and carrying signs that say “Sacrifice the Weak.”
Very fine people just love them some Trump. Why is that?
— Leslie on a Pike (@Leslieoo7) April 22, 2020
I’m no expert but you can’t assemble and social distance at the same time.
— (@nybergATX) April 22, 2020
But you told them it was a HOAX!!! How are you now recommending they protect themselves and others?
Do you not understand your lies are not aligned? That is the problem with being a liar, you have to keep track and you will always mess up.
— K. Sennholz MD (@MtnMD) April 22, 2020
Not with a tyrant at the helm. pic.twitter.com/dB8gVD6rRL
— Impeached Trump’s Virus (@Daniell37166665) April 22, 2020
Large public gatherings during a pandemic are not “peaceful” anything, because they directly threaten public health.
— Mitchell Gore (@lestatdelc) April 22, 2020
Alexa what would Marie Antoinette say today if she was alive?
— Nelson Jacobsen (@sonofnels) April 22, 2020
Maybe you should tell them not to bring their assault weapons.
— lanamy01 (@cochraf) April 22, 2020
Yes, it’s very peaceful. pic.twitter.com/wkiTs8TaSL
— Bonnie No testing, no reopening (@BonniBK) April 22, 2020
You really have not helped, at all.
— Steward Beckham (@iTweetyNerd) April 22, 2020
david_warner
What a stupid, unhelpful bitch.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
I distinctly recall prior to the 2016 election she was going to be the “voice of reason to keep her Father in check….”
Diplomat-G
Well, to be fair he has been somewhat reasonable, she only blows him 3 times a week now.
donnafnelson
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Cam
With Trump’s poll numbers falling, they first tried to have Melania push out a bunch of tweets and she got deservedly mocked. Now, since they found out Melania is just as unpopular as her husband, they’re trying to have Ivanka push out a bunch of tweets. Problem is, they’re finding out, she’s more unpopular than Melania.
This grifter should be in jail.
lmdoane55
Ahhyeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Nooooooooo. that’s not how it works!!!
justgeo
Perhaps they should just snot rocket on each other and her as well.
Jon in Canada
Ceckless Funt is Feckless.
Sotzume
That botoxed bitch needs a bitch slap.
ptseti
One thing is CERTAIN… stupidity is a gene that runs in the Trump family….SIGH….Never underestimate the profound stupidity of the kids and the profound rotundity of the father
Creamsicle
This is going to sound callous, but Repunlicans have made this disinformation bed, and it would serve them well if their voter base dies because of it. The only thing that will teach these people that the virus is serious is if they personally suffer.
If you teach your base to treat the federal government like a boogeyman, then don’t be surprised when you have an entire party that prides itself on noncompliance with government guidelines.
Shelter in Place/Social Distancing/Physical Distancing has always been a kind request. Governments all over the world have admitted that they cannot fully enforce policies meant to limit vital spread and acknowledge that peer-pressure will be the main incentive. These protesters are free to leave their homes, it’s just incredibly selfish.
What they should be doing is demonstrating for a stronger social safety net that would allow people to Shelter in Place without needing to worry about their finances or access to affordable healthcare in case they do require hospital care.
Heywood Jablowme
“please practice social distancing & wear a face covering.”
That’s what she tells her daddy when he wants to have sex.
boymikefl
She should leave her house & join them. Why doesn’t Melanie visit a hospital & better yet, take Bafoon like Princess Di took her kids to show how “regular” people dealt with life. I wish reporters would ask them to visit & support their Republican recklessness.
ShiningSex
Yeah the same morons who complained that “taking a knee” to protest is dangerous for our country are the same idiots who are protesting risking other’s lives. You can’t fix stupid.
Chrisk
These astroturfed protests have been connected to DeVos and the Koches.
MISTERJETT
that whole incestuous family is creepy!!!
FrankLee MyDear
She’s doing this to protect Daddy. He’s been promoting these standoffs because he wants to get the economy back to a point where he can use that for reelection purposes. Republicans who are working to get him reelected are afraid these protests will cause more people to get ill & the opposing party can use this as a reason not to reelect Trump. Ivanka is trying to get her father reelected so she wants the protestors to wear masks and keep a social distance.
Joshooeerr
Read “A Very Stable Genius”. One thing you’ll learn is that Trump’s spectacular stupidity at least serves to cover the constant blunders by Ivanka, Jarrad, Don Jr & their various enablers. The whole family is constantly scamming, conniving, colluding and exploiting, and utterly without shame. The Trumps will live in history alongside the Borgias and the Marcos regime as the most ghastly family ever.
Bob LaBlah
It sure as hell aint hard to figure out why Tiffany Trump stays the hell away from all of them. She the most sensible one out of the bunch. I’ll bet even Baron Trump sits back and looks at them in disgust wishing he could run away.
DuMaurier
Considering that, aside from the point of the protests and the fact that people are congregating at all, the main appalled observation I’ve seen is that the protesters are mostly not observing any social distancing guidelines, I don’t see anything wrong with the message: “Okay, if you’re going to do this, at least minimize the risk as much as you would at Costco.”
joeboyle49
HEY IVANA WHY DON’T YOU GO OUT THERE ND SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT? ALSO WHY DON’T YOU GO MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VIRUS AND MAYBE YOU CAN CATCH IT AND PASS IT ON TOO ALL THEM PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE??
batesmotel
She has to say something since they’re not social distancing, not that it matters, no one outside has been social distancing. They have the right to protest the same way those neanderthals were protesting the election, which was ridiculous. This is something people should be marching over. The government can’t force people out of work, then not pay them.
GayEGO
Tee hee! Poor Ivanka, she has learned to mess up like her father, although I believe she meant well!
Mister P
These right wingnuts protesting are the same ones who are gun nuts and like to say they are pro life. They don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about gun violence and now they don’t care about spreading disease.
Man About Town
“she chirped” made me literally LOL!
Mack
Maybe the better idea is for them just to shoot each other with their assault weapons, then problem solved for the rest of us.
RobF
Pssst …. Ivanka! ….. they are protesting the enforcement of social distancing. So they won’t be following it. [Waiting for Ivanka’s blonde moment to be over ….. and waiting …… and waiting …. and …..]
GayVeteranOfcr
GOP ignores the risks that their supporters will be decimated by exercising their personal freedoms against all reasonable recommendations. Their protests may work against their aims.
Personal strength has nothing to do with the virus infections.
Strong people have been killed by the virus.
rocknstan
You can’t make up this stuff–this absolute Trumpian idiocy–and why would you WANT TO?
Ivanka is like that horse who could count and calculate “two times two.”
When the audience leans forward on the hoof count of four, she knows that she has the right answer.