Twitter Goes Into Complete Meltdown Over Cohen-Manafort Bombshells: ‘Literally Just Too Much News’

You guys seen this? Read about this? Heard about this?!

That’s right folks, I’m talking about the news — all the news that is BREAKING, specifically in and only in all-caps.

Between Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort being convicted and the president’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty, Twitter was ablaze with talk of all the bombardment of news.

Manafort was found guilty today on bank fraud charges and other financial crimes and Cohen’s plea was over eight charges of breaking campaign finance, banking, and tax laws. On top of all this, Cohen admitted to working directly with then-candidate Trump to pay off two women who allegedly had affairs with him — which could mean the president violated campaign finance laws.

Check out the complete Twitter meltdown that occured after facing all this news. Pundits, journalists, and other notable tweeters posted everything from “We Didn’t Start the Fire” remixes to voicing regret over returning from paternity leave too early.

*MANAFORT JURY COULDN’T REACH VERDICT ON TEN COUNTS

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 21, 2018

My thoughts are with all the journalists who were tasked with keeping tabs on both Cohen and Manafort.

— Andrew M. Seaman (@andrewmseaman) August 21, 2018

Live shot at the White House pic.twitter.com/2XmxIh4sEg

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 21, 2018

She died as she lived. Standing by for news.

— Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) August 21, 2018

Really want to do one of those enigmatic tweets where you intimate that more news is coming in the next 24 hours.

(Did I do it right??)

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) August 21, 2018

I’m overwhelmed by the news. What is happening??? Is Madonna going to jail?? Not a perfect tribute but that doesn’t seem right! Everybody vote!! Fire Roseanne!!!!

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 21, 2018

“Come back from paternity leave the last week of August,” they said. “It’s always the quietest news cycle of the year, so you can ease yourself back into things before Labor Day kicks off election season.”

Reader, they were very wrong.

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 21, 2018

Literally just too much news https://t.co/teyLlaRwPN

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) August 21, 2018

BREAKING: everything

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) August 21, 2018

michael cohen
post malone
azealia was in elon’s home
nazi prison guard deport
verdict time for manafort

? we didn’t start the fire ?

— julia reinstein ? (@juliareinstein) August 21, 2018

michael cohen
post malone
azealia was in elon’s home
nazi prison guard deport
verdict time for manafort

? we didn’t start the fire ?

— julia reinstein ? (@juliareinstein) August 21, 2018

In a scene you couldn’t script, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty on eight counts and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts within minutes of each other. Trump is on Air Force One flying to a rally in West Virginia.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 21, 2018

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