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The Best Impeachment Memes from Gay Twitter
As always, the gays were the first (and best) to the punchline when news of Trump’s potential impeachment hit.
September 25 2019 7:18 AM EST
November 04 2024 9:53 AM EST
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As always, the gays were the first (and best) to the punchline when news of Trump’s potential impeachment hit.
Following news that Democrats would finally pursue impeachment proceedings against Trump, Twitter exploded with memes and GIFs, which is as good a way as any to kill time until the end of the world.
Though the situation is still developing, the controversy started with a whistleblower alleging that Trump had engaged in inappropriate contact with a foreign power. After a few days of fumbling, Nancy Pelosi finally announced yesterday that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry, saying that the president had violated the Constitution by urging Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden's son, Hunter, ahead of the 2020 election.
That forced the White House to release transcripts on Wednesday of Trump's call with the Ukranian president.The administration has so far refused to provide Congress with details of the whistleblower's complaint.
Among the best tweets are those focusing on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, whose intense gaze is said to have cursed the president.
\u201cThe look when you curse impeachment on the President #ImpeachTrump\u201d— William Flores (@William Flores) 1569363822
\u201cI hope Greta Thunberg is given a front row seat to watch Trump\u2019s impeachment hearings\u201d— Roland Scahill (@Roland Scahill) 1569345150
There's also been high praise -- or at least "better late than never" eye-rolling -- for Pelosi:
\u201cNancy Pelosi walking in to announce impeachment proceedings #ImpeachTrump\u201d— SPENCE, TODD (@SPENCE, TODD) 1569366932
\u201cTrump called Nancy Pelosi today to try to make a "deal" on the "whistleblower thing."\n\nI'm not joking when I say he may be the dumbest ever elected official in US history. And a town in California once elected a golden retriever.\u201d— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel Jollett) 1569365150
\u201cNancy Pelosi testing out the impeachment water temperature:\u201d— Saeed Jones (@Saeed Jones) 1569295277
\u201cWhen you get excited for the Trump impeachment but then you remember that next in line to be president is Mike Pence\u201d— Marie Connor (@Marie Connor) 1569364988
\u201cI'm all for #ImpeachTrump...but that leaves us with Pence. Are we sure that's better????\u201d— Houston \ud83c\udf99\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Houston \ud83c\udf99\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1569362855
\u201cIf you remove Trump you get Mike Pence...\u201d— Kyle Kashuv (@Kyle Kashuv) 1569363695
\u201c"The Whistleblower's Complaint" sounds like a Decemberists song\u201d— Craig Bro Dude (@Craig Bro Dude) 1569359420
\u201cmay today be a bad day for bad men\u201d— Marisa Kabas (@Marisa Kabas) 1569322626
But in general, there's a lot of optimism about the future, which we all could use a little of as our democracy crumbles.
\u201cI'm afraid to feel this hopeful, but I'm actually hopeful. In a way I haven't been since Nov. 7, 2016. \n\n#ImpeachTheMF\u201d— Jennifer Gracen (@Jennifer Gracen) 1569358391
\u201cIf this \u201ctranscript\u201d is the watered down version of what @realDonaldTrump said on the call, I cannot wait for the whistleblower report.\u201d— Mike Lahr (@Mike Lahr) 1569421429
But the New York Times may have inadvertently generated the funniest meme. In their top headline this morning, the paper wrote, "Impeachment Inquiry Is High-Stakes Showdown For Both Sides," a goofy display of neutrality that verges into self-parody.
\u201cWhat does that headline mean?\u201d— Jeff Jarvis (@Jeff Jarvis) 1569411233
Another tweet called upon the late Whitney Houston to reflect on how we'll look back on this decades from now.
We're all doomed -- but hey, at least we have good memes to keep us company.