Twitter Transitions to Meltdown After Trump Announces Ban on Transgender Soldiers

[DonViejo]

by Aidan McLaughlin | 10:28 am, July 26th, 2017

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday that the U.S. military with not “will not accept or allow” transgender people “to serve in any capacity.”

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Trump’s ban on transgender service members is his latest controversial foray into the culture wars, and will likely be well-received by his far-right base — but is already facing intense blowback from critics.

The reaction on Twitter to the new policy came in the form of an eruption of outrage, paired with an analysis of the president’s motives. Many pointed out that Trump is grossly exaggerating the cost burden of transgender troops on the military, while others noted this appears to be a political move geared at reviving his popularity amongst a base turned off by his attacks on A.G. Jeff Sessions.

Others remarked on the thousands of transgender people already serving in the military, as well as Trump’s own draft-dodging — and a number of Democratic lawmakers joined in the pile-on:

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[get the red out]

1. This country just can't go on like this

The daily disregard for the people of this nation. I don't know what will happen if Trump serves 4 years? I couldn't have even imagined a a President this bad! Putin has more imagination than I do for sure.

[RKP5637]

2. Hopefully he's going to be removed from office as the intelligence agencies continue their

investigations into this sociopathic con artist.

[Zoonart]

3. More meaningless catharsis and pandering.

Go ahead, Democrats... get it all out. Now... where is the ACTION? Really... WHERE IS IT?
Sick and tired of the twitter heroism. In ten minutes it will go straight into the memory hole.

[bearsfootball516]

4. Sadley

You are correct. People are masters of being "outraged" but never doing anything about it.

I believe it's called social media activism.

[DonViejo]

6. What do you propose the minority Party in the House and Senate do to stop this?

[Foamfollower]

7. Please, tell me what the fuck they can do about it?

Elections have consequences and we are still suffering the effects of the extreme left's choice to sit out 2010.

[Zoonart]

8. Lead.

You can lead without being in the majority. I want to get them out from behind their keyboards and start actually leading resistance. Why is ot on us, the ccitizens, to lead the resistance? They have been elected to lead and I'm just not seeing it and am tired of being played by fake heroics and heartfelt tweets followed by requests for money and signifying nothing.

[Foamfollower]

9. Their job is to govern.

Period.

[Zoonart]

10. Which involves leadership......

Governance is the application of leadership. Period.

[DonViejo]

12. "Lead" to what? How does the minority party do that? They're leading right now by

tweeting their response to the latest Trumpty Dumpty outrage; that's the first step

[Foamfollower]

16. The minority CANNOT DO THAT!

SHEESH!

[Zoonart]

17. Really...

Why are you so invested in the impotence of your elected leadership? You do realize that there is a difference between leading and legislating. Perhaps our elected Democratic officials are being blocked from moving legislation, but that does not preclude them from LEADING.
You know, getting in front of the people and presenting a plan for the Resistance. Taking part in the resistance. Speaking out in front of a microphone instead if a key pad. LEADERSHIP.

[cynatnite]

18. Really???

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They are getting out there and protesting. You're just not paying attention.

[Zoonart]

21. Look I don't want to fight with you.

I simply disagree. The Republicans hold the White House, the Senate, The Congress, State Legislatures, and State Governorships. We got our asses handed to us in election cycles throughout the Obama administration.

What we have are moments not a movement. I am not seeing a movement in any of this.

Just my opinion.

[cynatnite]

22. The facts disagree with your opinion...

I'm not looking to fight either.

Just because you're not seeing Dems marching or speaking in front of protesters doesn't mean they're not fighting for us.

Jeff Merkley is adding 100 amendments. That's just one of the ways they are fighting.

Not only that, the repukes are in such turmoil they can't even agree on how to get rid of Obamacare and what to replace it with. They are in a mess.

When the Dems had all three, a lot got done in short order. The repubs can't even agree on how to take out the damn trash. LOL

[cynatnite]

15. Money funds elections...

They are doing what they can and there is a battle ahead in the 2018 election cycle. Money is needed to fund candidates that will turn over the house and the senate.

[Blue_Tires]

13. What the hell else can they do besides vote against it?

Of course this is the part where I deliver my daily curse against the dudebros who couldn't be bothered to vote last November...

[grantcart]

19. This will go to the courts

[Hugin]

5. I was wondering when Agent Orange would get around to wiping a booger on the Pentagon.

It was overdue on the coup agenda.

[tavernier]

11. And next week he'll tweet that they must leave the country

Along with Jews and Catholics. *Unless they're married to trump spawn and hold secrets*

[Blue_Tires]

14. Elections have consequences...

No point in being shocked, since we all knew Trump was going to do this, and it's going to get a lot worse before we finally get him out.

[grantcart]

20. All of this is an attempt to divert from firing Mueller

[dembotoz]

23. Useful to us as a clear obvious case of trump and gop bigotry

And use it I will