{"id":10247,"date":"2017-04-14T17:11:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2017-04-14T17:11:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:11:59","slug":"waco-wacko-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/waco-wacko-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Waco Wacko Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/flipped-out-libtard_CROPPEDjpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10254 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/flipped-out-libtard_CROPPEDjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/flipped-out-libtard_CROPPEDjpg.jpg 630w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/flipped-out-libtard_CROPPEDjpg-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>After White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that no one had used chemical weapons since World War One, I tweeted a reminder that the U.S. government used chemical weapons at Waco.\u00a0 Lots of folks kindly retweeted my line,\u00a0including Ann Coulter (who has more than a million followers.)\u00a0Many Twitter users were outraged at that recollection. Following are some of the testy responses &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>(Here&#8217;s a link to some of the articles I did on Waco in the 1990s &#8211; http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/waco-20th-anniversary-of-the-atf-attack-on-the-branch-davidians\/ )<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/canuckMBT1512\/status\/851982695869579264<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since when is CS a chemical weapon? Oh right, forgot your a flipped out LibTard who still can&#39;t come to terms with Killery Hillary loosing!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AJ Gaydos (@AJGaydos1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJGaydos1\/status\/851976066457534464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GREENXXNOTES\/status\/852216740629139456<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I followed Waco mess- They did NOT use WMD. You comparing this is insane<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura (@LauraL2126) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraL2126\/status\/851971080067612673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Idiots. The US didn&#39;t use chemical weapons in Waco. There are no black helicopters or detention camps. Idiocy!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jhadleyc (@jhadleyconrad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jhadleyconrad\/status\/851953715351347201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadYonish\/status\/851949831388057600<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbatrossRising\/status\/852275205410082822<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnnCoulter<\/a>  that&#39;s just not true. You are twisting facts. And please don&#39;t come back with symantecs, cause it still ain&#39;t true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saomynWEHa\">https:\/\/t.co\/saomynWEHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin K. (@midkniteryder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/midkniteryder\/status\/852231725832953862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can&#39;t believe Ann Coulter retweeted this&#8230;<br \/>Total FAKE NEWS.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; William Stevens (@WDS225) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WDS225\/status\/852228388920205317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">tear gas on infants burns their lungs&#8230;slow painful death&#8230;.get your facts straight before you post.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; H\u00e9ctor Rivera (@hbomb197977) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbomb197977\/status\/852191310274580480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voiceofspirit06?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@voiceofspirit06<\/a> It doesn&#39;t matter whether the goons keeping the local fire department away were Democrats or Republicans<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Druva (@jdruva41) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdruva41\/status\/852191078132457472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredSan74810115\/status\/852187220672790528<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obama. You&#39;re welcome. A bit sad a supposed journalist can&#39;t spell the name of a great president &amp; conflates for propaganda purposes. Hey ho<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0158a\u043c\u042a\u013d\u0457\u0438\u011f \u0134\u01fb\u03c2\u03ba (@RamblingJackMcM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamblingJackMcM\/status\/852033111810494466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Timothy Crenshaw (@Ingolenuru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ingolenuru\/status\/852023326948052992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JB_Parrothead\/status\/852001631793172482<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/anubis1269\/status\/851999662638813186<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WACO for wackos. Ann kind of think you are finished.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rosie Lee (@rosieflee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosieflee\/status\/851991572250058752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElmerNelson2\/status\/851991301453172736<\/p>\n<p>FUNNY COMMENT &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/JedEkert\/status\/851930761594884096<\/p>\n<p>FUN GRAPHIC https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/851929216459395072<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that no one had used chemical weapons since World War One, I tweeted a reminder that the U.S. government used chemical weapons at Waco.\u00a0 Lots of folks kindly retweeted my line,\u00a0including Ann Coulter (who has more than a million followers.)\u00a0Many Twitter users were outraged at that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","https:\/\/x.com\/jimbovard"],"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10247"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10256,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions\/10256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}