Donald Trump shared a tweet from conspiracy theory attorney Lin Wood that suggested that Georgia’s Republican governor and secretary of state — who have refused to help the president overturn the election results — would soon be thrown in jail. Wood previously called for Trump to declare Martial Law. The outgoing President of the United States sharing an authoritarian tweet to throw Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in prison one day after the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the President-elect adds to the pile as to why Donald Trump is unfit for office.
And there’s so much wrong with this tweet from the pro-Trump attorney. The first sentence is a lie. Donald Trump is not a “good man.” And the second sentence is amusing. “He doesn’t like to fire people,” Wood writes of the former reality show star whose catchphrase was “you’re fired.” Also, Wood photoshopped the two Republicans with China’s flag emblazoned on their face masks. Lastly, we don’t throw people in jail without being charged with a crime, and not taking part in Trump’s attempted coup is not a crime.
President Trump @realDonaldTrump is a genuinely good man. He does not really like to fire people. I bet he dislikes putting people in jail, especially “Republicans.”
He gave @BrianKempGA & @GaSecofState every chance to get it right. They refused. They will soon be going to jail. pic.twitter.com/7PMBLc8L2N
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) December 15, 2020
Twitter users had a thing to say.
You’re insane.
Seriously.
You’re completely insane.— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) December 15, 2020
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IDK who is more insane though; Lin Wood for writing it, or Donald Trump for retweeting it.
— Dr. Russ Taylor (@RussTaylorPhD) December 15, 2020
He has literally accelerated executing people during his lame duck period, but yeah, he hates putting people in jail
— Jaynie’s Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) December 15, 2020
Trump also shared this tweet from a random right-wing blogger.
The President needs to hold a press conference right after Biden speaks every single time and remind them he’s the rightful President and Winner!
Destroy his lies every single time!
— Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) December 15, 2020
Twitter users weighed in.
‘Live from Leavenworth’
— Jeffrey We Voted Out That Gameshow Clown Wright (@jfreewright) December 15, 2020
Imagine thinking that will make Trump look good
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) December 15, 2020
This doesn’t seem like real life. Neither of those tweets will convince Americans that we should overturn the presidential election results, but it does confirm why the American people rejected Trump. Also, presidents do not throw people in jail. That’s not how it works.
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
