Donald Trump Jr. thought he’d try and defend his father for signing an emergency declaration to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border while simultaneously taking a cheap shot at former President Barack Obama, but he only succeeded in falling flat of his face and proving that he’s not very good at facts.
On Friday, Junior posted this meme on Twitter:
True story. pic.twitter.com/7rPCYi3IDG
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 15, 2019
What Don Jr. neglected to mention is that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — aka Obamacare — was voted and passed in both houses of Congress then signed by President Obama, meaning it wasn’t done via declaring a national emergency.
Twitter was quick to fact-check Junior and also remind him that he’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer:
how hard is it to be this voluntarily stupid?? #CongresspassedObamacare https://t.co/TIRmODN9rS
— mike avila (@mikeavila) February 15, 2019
You’re comparing a legislatively passed law that was upheld by SCOTUS to an unconstitutional and unprecedented power grab and you seem to believe they are similar in some way. They are not, @DonaldJTrumpJr
See y’all in court. #FAKENationalEmergency https://t.co/PIINj8xKQc
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 15, 2019
obamacare passed the house and senate and was signed into law by the president, uday https://t.co/UIbJKImVhD
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 15, 2019
True story. pic.twitter.com/7rPCYi3IDG
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 15, 2019
I know the entire internet has already dunked on this but the spectacle of a failson princeling cranking out bad memes on topics he’s too thick and incurious to understand is more or less why I’m on this website https://t.co/SfU73KRhIP
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 16, 2019
You mean the Obamacare that passed through Congress while your dad is calling a National Emergency for 50 miles of wall?
You are a stupid human being. Like really stupid. How are you able to get dressed by yourself?
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 15, 2019
— Lindsay (@lindsayhope55) February 15, 2019
The dangers of meme-ing without understanding the basics of how the US government functions. https://t.co/yz0UDAKun4
— Jesse Benn (@JesseBenn) February 15, 2019
Remember that time President Obama made sure people could get insurance even if they had a bum knee or survived cancer? Yuck yuck! https://t.co/YIO6sitc0A
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) February 15, 2019
remember when the president solemnly swore his large adult sons would stay out of politics and focus on running the family business? https://t.co/1RWc1Bte1G
— Emily Q. Hazzard (@eqhazzard) February 15, 2019
There is a silver lining to all of this: Don Jr. won’t be able to tweet from federal prison.
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