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Schumer says 'enough with the memes' in attack on Trump, gets awash with sea of memes

6-1-2019 < RT 40 287 words
 

US Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer inadvertently activated meme-generating powers of President Donald Trump's supporters, while criticizing his handling of the government shutdown on Twitter.


"Enough with the memes. Just quit hurting innocent people and re-open the government," Schumer tweeted on Saturday in response to a 'Game of Thrones'-inspired meme Trump had tweeted earlier to champion his border security fence project.



Trump tweeted a photo showing a barrier of steel slats with his frowning face above. The photo is captioned "The Wall is Coming", channeling the famous "Winter is Coming" motto from the popular HBO series.


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Trump had altered the Stark House slogan to bolster his agenda before. Back when he reintroduced sanctions against Iran in November, the president tweeted a photo with "Sanctions are Coming. November 5" transposed over his image.


The President's admittedly clumsy meme-making was entirely lost on Schumer, who chided Trump for indulging in picture editing instead of working to reopen the government, now in its third week of shutdown.


Trump himself might still be laying out 'X is coming' over an imposing photo of himself, but the Twittersphere's response was instantaneous: Schumer's comments were flooded with dozens of memes.





Trump's rally slogan "build the wall" was a recurring theme – considering that Democrats could un-shutdown the government by agreeing to fund Trump's pet project.



The unproven 'Russia collusion' allegations were also brought up.



The anti-Trump resistance crowd entered the meme battle with a few sorties of their own, dragging the Mueller investigation, the "blue wave" and impeachment calls into the snowballing thread.





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