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Twitter Did Not Care for Trump's Endless Blathering
Twitter Did Not Care for Trump's Endless Blathering
In his acceptance speech, the Republican nominee talks for over an hour and tosses a scrap to LGBTs.
Donald Trump officially became the GOP nominee during this week's Republican National Convention, crowning the entire event on Thursday night with a dark, bloviating acceptance speech that goes down as one of the longest in history.
Trump's speech ranged from several mentions of "law and order" to fear-mongering of immigrants and Muslims, to additional doom and gloom. At one point, he threw LGBT people a positive mention, although it was buried in more anti-Muslim sentiment.
"Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered by an Islamic terrorist. This time, the terrorist targeted LGBTQ community. No good. And we're going to stop it. As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.
Believe me. And I have to say as a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said. Thank you."
Trump didn't mention the violence affecting LGBTs domestically nor did he speak of marriage equality (he's against it), transgender people using restrooms corresponding with their gender identity (his opinion on this changes day to day), nor protections against work and housing discrimination (it's so far from his radar as to be rendered invisible) or "conversion therapy," which his platform vaguely endorses.
Naturally, Twitter users weren't having any of it. Here is a sample of just some of the angry, incisive, and often hilarious tweets sent out during the speech:
\u201cHere's how the Republican ticket would "protect" LGBT Americans. #RNCinCLE\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1469156181
\u201cCan someone from the press please ask @realDonaldTrump what LGBTQ means? Please. #RNCinCLE\u201d— Michael Skolnik (@Michael Skolnik) 1469156230
\u201c"Thank you for cheering for gay people when people running the convention told you to clap." #RNCinCLE\u201d— Benjamin Siemon (@Benjamin Siemon) 1469156232
\u201cWe all get that the band is playing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" while Trump/Pence is being presented to America, right?\u201d— Guy Branum (@Guy Branum) 1469158971
\u201cWish there were a countdown clock for the end of this speech.\u201d— Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (@Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) 1469158154
\u201cOh dear, it looks like Mr. Trump plagiarized his speech from a septic tank\u201d— Aparna Nancherla (@Aparna Nancherla) 1469155015
\u201cGood one from Advocate contributor Amanda Kerri. #RNCinCLE https://t.co/UecRM9j6T5\u201d— The Advocate (@The Advocate) 1469157690
\u201cWill Trump's speech end before Election day? #RNCinCLE\u201d— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1469157419
\u201cTrump: "We cannot afford to be politically correct anymore."\n\nTranslation: Our racism & bigotry should be tolerated.\n\n#RNCinCLE\u201d— deray (@deray) 1469154345
\u201cYour party's official platform supports \u201cconversion therapy,\u201d @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/RhgfCSNSxR\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1469156570
\u201c#LGBTQ Conversion Therapy. #RNCinCLE #LGBTrump\nhttps://t.co/oBcPemwVVm\u201d— Bill Maher (@Bill Maher) 1469162751
\u201cIs there something wrong with my TV's contrast? #RNCinCLE\u201d— Neal Broverman (@Neal Broverman) 1469156262
\u201cReal talk. Donald Trump just gave one of the top ten speeches I've seen in the last six hours.\u201d— George Wallace (@George Wallace) 1469159474
\u201cCool party, bro.\u201d— Dave Holmes (@Dave Holmes) 1469158883
\u201cTrump's acceptance speech longest in history, according to CSPAN. #RNCinCLE\u201d— The Advocate (@The Advocate) 1469158829
\u201cWe are better than this.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1469157009
\u201cThe Republicans not booing slaughtered LGBTQ people was not really an inspiring moment\n\n#RNCinCLE\u201d— Paul Rudnick (@Paul Rudnick) 1469159480
