#sharpiegate Now Trending and it’s Rich
Yesterday, Trump did what only Trump can do, and that is to lie on national television to prove that he hadn’t made an untrue statement. This time, he was trying to justify blurting out that Hurricane Dorian was forecast to hit Alabama, which it wasn’t. He was so obsessed with the press calling him out for the mistake that he actually took a print of the National Hurricane Center’s forecast map from last Thursday and actually altered it with a Sharpie. Yes, that’s right, he altered it with a Sharpie:
I’m sure the only ones fooled by this ham handed alteration of the NHC forecast map were Trumpists, but the National Weather Service corrected Trump with their own tweet saying that Alabama would not be affected. After Trump showed the altered map, Twitterverse lit up, and #sharpiegate became trending, showing a number of solutions to Trump’s other problems. Here are a few:
While the trending is pretty entertaining, Trump’s tampering with National Weather Service forecasting is dangerous. All of us from Texas understand the life and death threats of hurricanes. Accurate forecasting of hurricane tracks is essential for people to make their own decisions about life and property. Trump has no business muddying the water by serving around like this just to prove himself right after saying something really stupid.
Here is the really scummy and dangerous aspect of Trump doubling down on the lies:
“NOAA did not immediately respond to a request for a statement about the altered forecast map, which has the agency’s official logo.”
An agency that should have nothing to do with politics and should be strictly driven by science and public education and information, has been silenced on the issue. Not because they don’t know, but because there is no way to say anything truthful about it without directly contradicting the First Infant.
The Washington Post also points out that altering official weather forecasts is illegal:
1https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/04/president-trump-shows-doctored-hurricane-chart-was-it-cover-up-alabama-twitter-flub/?noredirect=on
Oh, well, Surly! We all know that hissing just above the law he IS the law.
2Big wind trumpinnochio strikes again. Oops strikes out again.
3” Trump … just to prove himself right …”
Just to TRY TO prove himself right.
Because he failed big time.
4Saw this one this morning:
5https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69456074_10157890370310101_4424717789860724736_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQlf0NDCd2sBGzFMqvySpBlfNOSM_7sheYbPb_07PpcndJHkzQx4aWe5KI3qDRqIor3jyezMYl-5E0tzqSRdq0Ct&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=013f8da31c0d92dc5e5a8e8551a9b49a&oe=5DFF6120
Sandino, that was perfection.
6Do you suppose Alabama is full of diehard trumpers filling sandbags, stocking up on bottled water and Pop Tarts, and anxiously scanning the horizon? After all, the Messiah 2.0 can’t be wrong, can He?
7I would be willing to give him a lifetime supply of Sharpies and maps it he would leave now and take up drawing in Mar-a-Lago!
8i have known 2 pathologic liars in my life. they were amazing things to behold. smooth and smart as whips but also could be insanely blatant in their lies. took some people several yrs to accept that they were trouble. never in my wildest dreams did i ever think we’d put one in the WH.
9My favorite, so far:
10https://mobile.twitter.com/McMickey98/status/1169427941769523201/photo/1
‘A Year Ago I Wouldn’t Have Believed It’: Not Enough, But 2020 Climate Town Hall Hailed as Big Progress
“Gotta say that just seeing the words ‘Climate Crisis’ in red on screen is a victory for our movements.”
“10, 5, even 2 years ago—these were fringe ideas for mainstream Dems. This is what shifting the Overton window looks like. So much love for the movement tonight.”
—Collin Rees, Oil Change International
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/05/year-ago-i-wouldnt-have-believed-it-not-enough-2020-climate-town-hall-hailed-big
11When His Orangeness first declared Alabama in the line of fire [was it just last week?] I told a friend that I was certain a whole lot of Alabamans were going to pack up and start evacuating just to prove he was right and to stick it to those stoopid libruls who believe everything the National Weather Service says.
And hey, being able to take a couple of days off work [without pay if their vacation is used up] AND burn a bunch of fossil fuel on the highways is just icing on the cake.
12I was just looking through the facebook on this topic, reading the comments. It was very disheartening. There were many trumpets making the usual apologies that “this is nothing”, “don’t you have anything real to complain about?”, “how ‘bout when Obama…?”, “What about the emails‽‽.”
It’s pretty discouraging and very sad that folks in our own families refuse to see the utter deceit being forced right down their miserable throats, and begging for more.
13Weather variables are numerous and complex; high pressure systems, low pressure systems, wind sheer, ocean temperatures, etc. If NOAA had added the high trump bombastic & blowhard factors into their calculations, the outer bands from Dorian could easily have dragged across Alabama.
Watch out! Duck! FEMA paper towels are on the way.
14Of course he built he wall, and Mexico paid for the sharpie!
15FEMA’s probably going to look around for the flush handle for this state realizing, after a time, that there isn’t one.
” We’re happier than pigs in poop ” The official state bumper sticker of N. Carolina.
Literal Sh*t Storm: Warnings of Major Manure Threat as Hurricane Dorian Barrels Toward North Carolina Factory Farms
“The heavy rainfall could flood poorly located factory farms, spreading untold tons of hog, chicken, and turkey waste along the coastal plain.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/05/literal-sht-storm-warnings-major-manure-threat-hurricane-dorian-barrels-toward-north
16Here’s another (if this link works!):
https://twitter.com/Aech253/status/1169624814899777537/photo/1
17Largest inauguration crowd:
https://twitter.com/rogue1_alpha/status/1169615668179689479/photo/1
18https://mobile.twitter.com/JRDuquette/status/1169811711756591104
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