As the House of Representatives was voting to formally endorse the impeachment of President Donald Trump, his daughter, Ivanka (who also works as a White House adviser) decided it would be a good idea if she took to Twitter and defended her father by quoting Thomas Jefferson:
“…surrounded by enemies and spies catching and perverting every word that falls from my lips or flows from my pen, and inventing where facts fail them.” -Thomas Jefferson’s reflections on Washington, D.C. in a letter to his daughter Martha.
Some things never change, dad!— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) October 31, 2019
What exactly do Donald Trump and Thomas Jefferson have in common? Absolutely nothing! Think about it:
- Jefferson was a man of deep thought and intelligence. Trump is as simple-minded as they come.
- Jefferson was a statesman and diplomat. Trump is a boor.
- Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Trump can hardly tweet without making a complete fool of himself.
That was all it took for Twitter to light up with scorn, mockery, and laughter in response:
I love history too! Here’s Thomas Jefferson on nepotism. https://t.co/iuIIcPAaVJ pic.twitter.com/HrE8RNvZOM
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 31, 2019
Inventing facts? Have you met your father? https://t.co/qFktpwqGTs
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 31, 2019
The privileged delusion of a pretend princess. https://t.co/CRJ1aLuRpi
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) October 31, 2019
Like Trump, Thomas Jefferson also had a child he refused to acknowledge https://t.co/kCfhTGyLf1
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) October 31, 2019
#IvankaTrump is an unqualified advisor to her father working in the White House on US foreign policy, traveling the world on tax payers dime. She is welcome to return to New York and her, flammable clothing and knock off shoes made in China sweatshops, company. ? #ImpeachTrump
— Jules Morgan (@glamelegance) October 31, 2019
Here’s something that WILL change, privilege Barbie:
Your father’s freedom.
— Bryan ?? ?#FamiliesBelongTogether (@swimmerbr78) October 31, 2019
Comparing daddy to Thomas Jefferson?
Wrong Jefferson, dear.
He’s nowhere near as funny or cool as George Jefferson.
He’s more like Jefferson Davis.
A slaveholding traitor. (See: “#MoscowMitch“)#LockHimUp #Resign #ImpeachTrumpNOW #ImpeachAndRemove #Ukrainegate #Resist #FBR
— Steve (@shortcomment) October 31, 2019
Thomas Jefferson also said this:
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”
That’s about your dad. https://t.co/oEQnd0Eo63
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) October 31, 2019
“When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant.” — Thomas Jefferson
Your father is a tyrant, @IvankaTrump.
— Ryan Knight ? (@ProudResister) October 31, 2019
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