‘Calling for a revolution!’: Trump fans ‘triggered’ after NPR tweets out the Declaration of Independence
For 29 years, National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” has celebrated the Fourth of July with a reading the Declaration of Independence by hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators.
This historically uncontroversial testament to the nation’s founding document proved uncontroversial-no-more in the year 2017.
After NPR tweeted the document line by line, Donald Trump backers–seemingly unaware of the source document–accused NPR of playing partisan politics.
“So, NPR is calling for a revolution,” Twitter user @JustEsrafel wrote.
“Propaganda is that all you know how?” another asked.
Some even taunted NPR over the president’s budget proposal, insisting this is why NPR is losing will lose federal funding.
When you’re triggered by the Declaration of Independence bc you want so badly to submit to King Donald the Doll-Handed…. pic.twitter.com/aEyLEu24Qc
— Alexandra (@AlexandraAimee) July 4, 2017
there’s nothing more american than getting pissed because you think the declaration of independence is shitting on the president pic.twitter.com/gkWSTR8SIY
— Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) July 4, 2017
NPR tweeted out the entire Declaration of Independence, and wow… uh… the responses are… something. pic.twitter.com/KurdVurRgW
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 5, 2017
*heavy sigh* pic.twitter.com/Pb35SNdKqe
— Melissa Martin (@DoubleEmMartin) July 4, 2017
A few of the replies to @NPR’s tweeting the Declaration of Independence on this, the 4th of July. pic.twitter.com/v56DGg57Nt
— Brent Jones (@brentajones) July 4, 2017
The responses to @NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence are sort of hilarious and sad all at once 👀💯💙❤️💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/yCp6PpSuYg
— Savannah Grimm (@savvygrimm) July 5, 2017
NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence, & the responses are about what you’d expect. https://t.co/oTRxyX2aSr
— Tina Jordan (@EWTinaJordan) July 5, 2017
A bunch of Trump supporters became irate this morning when NPR started tweeting excerpts of the Declaration of Independence. Bless them. https://t.co/MpKZERfF5z
— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) July 4, 2017
The Declaration of Independence was originally written by Thomas Jefferson, and was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It laid out the 13 colonies’ intention to separate from the Kingdom of Britain and form an independent union. It is not a partisan document.
