Former President Donald Trump was mocked and criticized for a statement in which he ranted about his false election claims — which fueled the deadly Capitol insurrection — and closed with an odd commemoration of Christ’s resurrection and/or celebration of fertility.
Trump released the statement Friday night, capping off a grammatically-challenged paragraph repeating the lies that incited the insurrection with the signoff “Other than that, Happy Easter!”
The statement drew strong reactions from journalists, media figures, and other Twitter blue-checks.
New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman wrote a damning reaction connecting the statement to the latest attack at the Capitol, writing “News accounts all day focused on the attack at the Capitol that left a police officer dead. Many of those news accounts mentioned the Jan 6 riot of Trump supporters after he spent months claiming the election was stolen. Here is his takeaway.”
Others were similarly outraged, although a heavy dose of mockery was also evident.