{"id":26042,"date":"2017-01-27T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26042"},"modified":"2017-01-27T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T17:00:08","slug":"friday-fun-twitler-provides-us-an-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/friday-fun-twitler-provides-us-an-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun &#8211; Twitler Provides Us an &#8220;Alternative&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that didn&rsquo;t take long!&nbsp; <strong><em>Twitler&rsquo;s<\/em><\/strong> team managed to become a trending Twitter meme in the record-breaking time of less than 24 hours!<\/p>\n<p>The honors go to Press Secretary <strong>Sean Spicer<\/strong>, who held a press conference on the Saturday after the inauguration and repeatedly told blatant&nbsp;<em><strong>LIES<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;at the behest of Twitler himself.&nbsp; Among them was the whopper, and easily disproved fallacy, that his crowd of 1.5 MILLION was the biggest ever.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Immediately it gave rise to a number of hashtags like <em>#SpicerSays<\/em>, <em>#SpicerFacts<\/em>, etc.&nbsp; So let&rsquo;s enjoy a few:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess the number of jelly beans.<\/p>\n<p>Me: 87<br \/>Wife: 134<br \/>Sean Spicer: 1.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spicerfacts?src=hash\">#spicerfacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dq7MmhgG3H\">pic.twitter.com\/dq7MmhgG3H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Zohar (@markzohar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markzohar\/status\/823016081061187584\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This photo proves that Trump inauguration crowd was actually quite impressive!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpicerFacts?src=hash\">#SpicerFacts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpInaugural?src=hash\">#TrumpInaugural<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpTreason?src=hash\">#TrumpTreason<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdTG7Z4n4T\">pic.twitter.com\/jdTG7Z4n4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larkin (@larkin1235) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larkin1235\/status\/823036979155587072\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The Beatles, INCLUDING John &amp; George, played the inaugural concert and President Trump applauded them with his HUGE HANDS.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeanSpicerSays?src=hash\">#SeanSpicerSays<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MitchBenn\/status\/823116346162614272\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Donald Trump has the biggest hands of any President in history. Period.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpicerFacts?src=hash\">#SpicerFacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnSyOUspmR\">pic.twitter.com\/tnSyOUspmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lt Tasha Yar ?\u2744\ufe0f (@ResistBLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ResistBLOTUS\/status\/823092654288338944\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump was America&#39;s first black astronaut. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpicerFacts?src=hash\">#SpicerFacts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BadgerStew (@BadgerStew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BadgerStew\/status\/822983742851579904\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Coconuts are mammals &#39;cause they have hair &amp; produce milk.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeanSpicer?src=hash\">#SeanSpicer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpicerFacts?src=hash\">#SpicerFacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PressSecretary?src=hash\">#PressSecretary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheResistance?src=hash\">#TheResistance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpLeaks?src=hash\">#TrumpLeaks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/44wvAanqRs\">pic.twitter.com\/44wvAanqRs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #NotMyPresident ? (@Riela2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riela2\/status\/823030621861740548\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But Spicer did manage to get one correct:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was not empty space&#8230;that was millions of people wearing sheets. PERIOD. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spicerfacts?src=hash\">#Spicerfacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/APnSG4L9Pi\">pic.twitter.com\/APnSG4L9Pi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DG Curry (@DGCanuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGCanuck\/status\/822956471021424641\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26044\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Aerial_Inauguration_Compare_Side-by-Side_KKK.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So on Sunday they sent out <strong>Kellyanne Conway <em>(<\/em><\/strong><em>after wisely ditching her Paddington Bear or New England Patriots logo inaugural outfit &#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26045\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_Paddington-Bear.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_NE-Patriots_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26046\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_NE-Patriots_-300x149.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_NE-Patriots_-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_NE-Patriots_-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kellyanne-Conway_Outfit_NE-Patriots_.png 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To try and clean up the outrage Spencer produce with his bald-faced <em><strong>LIES<\/strong><\/em>.&nbsp; So she appeared on <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, and did a bang-up job &hellip; of creating a NEW meme: <strong><em>&ldquo;Alternative Facts&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Merriam &#8211; Webster Dictionary <\/strong><\/em>actually Tweeted out the defintion of <em><strong>&quot;Fact&quot; <\/strong><\/em>to try to help &#8211; but to no avail:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?A fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCKRZZm23c\">https:\/\/t.co\/gCKRZZm23c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerriamWebster\/status\/823221915171061760\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alternativefacts?src=hash\">#alternativefacts<\/a><br \/>Largest Inaugural crowd. Period <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QBfkJTOMRZ\">pic.twitter.com\/QBfkJTOMRZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George D. (@xdelmar59) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xdelmar59\/status\/823201950594465792\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Millions cheer as Mike Pence greets adoring crowds along the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inauguration?src=hash\">#Inauguration<\/a> parade route <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlternativeFacts?src=hash\">#AlternativeFacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MCq12kZQxu\">pic.twitter.com\/MCq12kZQxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDonalDrumpf\/status\/823313496939044868\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;Nobody has more respect for women than me, believe me.&#39;<\/p>\n<p>-Donald Trump<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlternativeFacts?src=hash\">#AlternativeFacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDl4tZiQut\">pic.twitter.com\/vDl4tZiQut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashley Riggs (@Just1MoreAshley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Just1MoreAshley\/status\/823319655108513792\">January 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Loving devoted husband, happy wife.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alternativefacts?src=hash\">#alternativefacts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F4BYUJvznZ\">pic.twitter.com\/F4BYUJvznZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmayemsinger\/status\/823285198389321728\">January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\">And so America&#39;s descent into the depths at least begins with a few chuckles.<\/font><span style=\"margin: 0px;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\">&nbsp; <\/font><\/span><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\">But we all shudder to think of how it will end!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong>Kyrie Eleison<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">Lord, Have Mercy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that didn&rsquo;t take long!&nbsp; Twitler&rsquo;s team managed to become a trending Twitter meme in the record-breaking time of less than 24 hours! The honors go to Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who held a press conference on the Saturday after the inauguration and repeatedly told blatant&nbsp;LIES&nbsp;at the behest of Twitler himself.&nbsp; Among them was the <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/friday-fun-twitler-provides-us-an-alternative\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}