Yesterday, Trump thanked federal workers for working without pay in a tweet, and called them "GREAT PATRIOTS!" and patriots they are. They continue to go to work despite the fact that they aren't getting paid, because the president is following the advice of Ann Coulter.
Trump ended the tweet saying, "WE WILL WIN BIG!"
It's hard to wonder why he says that, considering the fact that most federal employees
"About 30 percent of federal workers support a wall," notes the Government Executive, "though 35 percent of those individuals say the means of a shutdown do not justify the ends."
Meanwhile, late night television host Jimmy Kimmel is doing far more for federal workers than Trump's lame-ass, disingenuous tweet.
Not only has Kimmel had federal employees work on his show for pay, he has also humanized them, and their role in our society.
"It started with a federal prison guard playing tambourine as part of the show’s house band," writes Marissa Martinelli of Slate, "but Kimmel has stuck with it, and his guests have since included an air traffic controller working as a bartender in the greenroom and a NASA engineer pressing the button for the show’s 'Applause' sign."
"Some of the resulting segments are simply silly, as when Kimmel stuck a fake mustache on a fire captain for the U.S. Forest Service as a stand-in for Kimmel regular Guillermo Rodriguez. Others capitalize on a worker’s particular talents, like TSA agent Fatina Amina McIntosh guessing which pedestrians on Hollywood Blvd are high on marijuana."
"This isn’t just Kimmel goofing around," continues Martinelli. "With each guest, he makes a pointed statement about how essential their role is for the country to function."
"That’s the other advantage of Kimmel’s stunt: It humanizes the people who are impacted by the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of whom are now working without a paycheck."
In other words, you're an asshole Trump.
Sadly, his tweet has over 180,000 likes.
Dear conservatives who are Trump supporters, you too are assholes....
Comments