Within minutes of Congressman Adam Schiff tweeting about the chaos, confusion, and rising costs that have characterized the first 100 days in office of the present administration, the internet lit up. Apparently, he also linked a break-up, but who are we kidding? Nobody cared to click on that. All the drama played out in the replies where people could hurl their opinions, insults, and conspiracy theories. So classic Twitter.
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The vagueness of Schiff’s tweet seemed to spark anger on both sides. Supporters of the administration jumped in to defend what they saw as not progress, while critics threw everything from complaints about his policies to personal insults. Buddy Revell wasn’t stingy and called Schiff “Creepy Adam” while suggesting that he be locked up. Ouch. Another, David S, ominously warned Schiff to “preserve your records and don’t leave the country.” Very cryptic.
Not everyone was against Schiff. Henk Meewis came back, saying the previous administration was the real disaster, quoting a 30% devaluation of currency. Quite a statement, yet Twitter isn’t exactly the forum for factual debate. Barry Cockeram another user took the thing into a medieval territory, blaming the current leadership for bringing back heads on pikes outside the castle walls. Uh, excuse me? Did we just time travel to some Game of Thrones?
The replies streamed down into the chaos. Jean Pierre Fux mocked Schiff’s talk points and sarcastically told him to stick strictly to a script for whining about the cost even as he touted border policies and green programs. Followed by Clandestine who went into an extensive rant over what he thought to be a deep-state takedown in progress. That was, um, quite something. Way too much for a tweet thread. But then again, passion is passion, right?
Some people went short and sharp. Jimmy Hoffa just accused Schiff of being pedophiles (yikes); Chad Walpole labelled him as ”Russian collusion Schitt head”. Creative, not politely. Others like Richard Francis said that Schiff was a liar who would get into trouble and cause drama. Dodgy Level: Soap opera.
Andy Olson had different things to say, asserting the current administration had “destroyed the Democrat party” in “100 days.” Quite a bold assertion, but not at all surprising considering the level of polarization it generated mixed responses. Meanwhile, Margaret Parker heaped the blame on Democrats for effecting chaos by trying to “overthrow a democratically elected president.” Welcome to financiers’ conspiracy theorists.
Of course, the thread made one or two memes. MoxMox showed an epic tabletop flip gif for when words fail. Dy-Na-Mite had his say, giving it back to the administration for kicking out all the gender confused nuts out of DC. So subtle.
In any case, Schiff had essentially done what he set out to do: toss a grenade. For every person who agrees, another surely thinks he is full of it; one sure thing is that Twitter remains the Wild West for political, unfiltered, back-firing chaos. And to be honest? We wouldn’t want it any other way. The replies are half the fun.
So what’s the catch? Politicians tweet, people rage, and the internet never sleeps. Even though Schiff’s post probably hasn’t changed a single life, it has given all an opportunity to argue about something. And in these days, that is basically a win.
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Honestly, it was an explosion, as Schiff would have desired it to be. For every person that agrees with him, another one surely thinks him full of it; one sure thing is that Twitter remained the Wild West for political, unfiltered, back-firing chaos. And to be honest? We wouldn’t want it any other way. The replies are half the fun.
This story originally appeared on Celebrityinsider
