#NotTheEnemy Takes Off in the Wake of Trump Tweet About the Press
President Trump‘s tweet about the press as the “enemy” of the American people has caused a massive backlash in the form of the trending topic #NotTheEnemy.
A lot of people disturbed by Trump’s tweet posted in support of the press, from last night into today:
This is journalist James Foley, @realDonaldTrump. He was a journalist beheaded by ISIS in 2012. He is #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/91RJrrL79b
— Liz Gumbinner (@Mom101) February 17, 2017
This is David Bloom @realDonaldTrump. You might have known him. He died in Iraq in 2003 doing his job. He is #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/pMWo5xOrwM
— Liz Gumbinner (@Mom101) February 17, 2017
… journalists are not the enemy of the american people. #nottheenemy pic.twitter.com/n1ujTUVfAn
— fake nick ramsey (@nick_ramsey) February 17, 2017
I have subscriptions to @nytimes @WSJ @NewYorker & I’m a public media sustaining member.
Support journalism! #journalismmatters #nottheenemy— Alison Stewart (@alisonstewart) February 18, 2017
The @BostonGlobe exposed the Catholic Church’s enabling of pedophile priests. How many children did this save from abuse? #NotTheEnemy
— Mariah Blake (@MariahCBlake) February 18, 2017
This is Anthony Shadid, @realDonaldTrump, a journalist who died in Syria after years explaining Mideast to fellow Americans #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/tirSsq1WHS
— David Beard (@dabeard) February 18, 2017
This media outlet freed slaves trapped in cages. #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/5io3Wa9IeY
— Jennifer LaFleur (@j_la28) February 18, 2017
This is the @Newseum‘s Journalists Memorial, listing the 2,291 individuals who have died around the world reporting the news #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/FazzRTTQyL
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) February 18, 2017
“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” Edward R. Murrow #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/3wA09JDG84
— Sasha Stone (@AwardsDaily) February 18, 2017
I am the enemy of people who call Americans the enemy of the American people. #NotTheEnemy
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 18, 2017
Alison Parker and Adam Ward were @CBSNews journalists in #Virginia. They were murdered mid-broadcast in 2015. #NotTheEnemy pic.twitter.com/g7mxPxYkPY
— Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) February 18, 2017
In Nazi Germany it wasn’t just Jews who were declared enemies of the people, but those who supported and defended them, too. #NotTheEnemy https://t.co/GjIcTatQDM
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) February 18, 2017
I spent the last 4 years working for @pressfreedom. In that time 256 journalists were killed on the job #NotTheEnemy https://t.co/xLjHkL4jwj pic.twitter.com/YB7FGsfw6E
— Jason Stern (@IbnLarry) February 18, 2017
Press is #NotTheEnemy, it’s vital to democracy. President Nixon believed press was the enemy. That did not end well. https://t.co/bL8LaIqbud
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 18, 2017
Some Trump supporters ended up using the hashtag to argue that the mainstream media just can’t be trusted:
And now the media will play victim using #NotTheEnemy like America forgot all about Wikileaks exposing their collusion with Hillary Clinton pic.twitter.com/YcTPi8lmIg
— If CNN Were Honest (@IfCNNWereHonest) February 18, 2017
#nottheenemy The entire media running with a DNC talking point at the same time makes you the enemy pic.twitter.com/brqFd0U7AO
— Mesmer (@DrHypose) February 18, 2017
Remember when Huffington Post gave Trump a 1.6% chance to win the election? We see how that turned out.Trump is #NotTheEnemy, MSM is. pic.twitter.com/aowo8LvIb9
— Steve Hirsch (@Stevenwhirsch99) February 18, 2017
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