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Twitter erupts after Trump’s unbelievable tweet about the Pulse massacre

As we reported earlier today, the official White House website hails June as “National Homeownership Month,” “African-American Music Appreciation Month,” “National Caribbean-Ameriacn Heritage Month,” “National Ocean Month,” and “Great Outdoors Month.” However, it makes absolutely no mention of the fact that it’s also Pride month, too.

Related: Queer Muslim activist Shawn Ahmed reflects on Pride, Orlando, and his faith

That’s just one of several reasons people are furious at Donald Trump for a tweet he sent late last night to ostensibly pay tribute to the victims of the Pulse massacre last year, which left 49 people dead.

The tweet reads:

“We will NEVER FORGET the victims who lost their lives one year ago today in the horrific #PulseNightClub shooting. #OrlandoUnitedDay.”

Many people in the Twitterverse found the tweet disingenuous, reminding the President that he basically said “I told you so” in the aftermath of the tragedy while still a presidential candidate.

Others took issue with Trump’s reversal of Obaba’s advances in transgender rights and the fact that he chose the floridly antigay Mike Pence as his Vice President.

A large majority reminded Trump that his White House isn’t even officially recognizing Pride month, and that he doesn’t expressly mention that the massacre occurred at a gay club:

h/t: Huffington Post

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11 Comments

  • Xzamilloh

    Also, I don’t really care about either side… because these are the same regressive leftists that completely sold us out for Radical Islam when we know had it been someone pledging allegiance to the IRA or Westboro or the Orthodox Church, we’d never hear the end of how Christianity is anti-gay and backwards, which it is, let’s be honest. Donald Trump sold out the LGBT community and the left sold us out, too.

  • Heywood Jablowme

    Omar Mateen was born in New York (just like Trump) so his crime couldn’t have been prevented by Trump’s travel ban… oh excuse me, the “TRAVEL BAN”!

  • Kieran

    And if President Trump had not remembered the 49 victims of the Islamic homophobic mass murderer Omar Mateen they’d be pissing their panties over that too.

    • Mo Bro

      Bingo.
      Lefties feel very empowered when they back someone into a lose-lose situation.
      Case in point.

  • Mo Bro

    Face it, there’s quite literally nothing he could have said that wouldn’t infuriate the left.
    Which is why he wisely ignores them.

    • Drew Espinosa

      Trump ignores the Left? Bwahahaha! This is the same man that bitches about “Leftist” Mainstream Media, calling them Fake News.

  • Bob LaBlah

    From the article: “Many people in the Twitterverse found the tweet disingenuous, reminding the President that he basically said “I told you so” in the aftermath of the tragedy while still a presidential candidate.”

    Ok, I don’t like the man either but there are two things we have to take into consideration here. This is Twitter, not Facebook we’re talking about here. He can only get in so many characters and to be honest I see this as an acknowledgement of what happened instead of any type of slight against us. This is overreacting to a post by an ignoramus the majority of us despise (not that the alternative to this a-hole during last years election was any better of a choice).

  • Richard 55

    Should the President also.mention that the shooter Omar Mateen was bisexual? I mean, you can’t pick and choose how words are used.

    Just be thankful that he tweeted his support for the victims. Stop being petulant.

    • MediaGuy

      The problem is the left. They need to stop distorting everything the man says. No, I take that back, they just need to STFU forever. Nobody’s listening lefties, nobody cares what you idiots say. For your own sake just STFU. You don’t realize how everyone is cringing for you. Jeesh.

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