Perhaps you’ve heard of Michael Flynn. The former national security advisor has been in the news a lot lately…like how on Friday morning he agreed to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia and plead guilty to charges of lying to the FBI about his own Russian connections.
Pleading guilty to high crimes, even if it’s part of a deal, means Flynn will have to stand trial and could very well do some time behind bars. Oh, irony of ironies, because Flynn helped popularize one of the 2016 presidential election’s most ghastly and obnoxious phrases (which is saying something). At the 2016 Republican National Convention, it was Flynn who led the Hillary Clinton-directed mob chants of, “Lock her up! Lock her up!”
If you need your faith in karma renewed, here's Michael Flynn accusing Hillary of being a security risk and leading a LOCK HER UP chant. 💁 pic.twitter.com/3DjzHXceap
— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 14, 2017
Considering that Clinton has never been charged with anything, and how Flynn is now in deep trouble, critics of the Trump administration and burned Clinton supporters are feeling equal about of vindication and schadenfreude. As a result, #LockFlynnUp became a major Twitter trending topic this morning.
https://twitter.com/NYNURSE10550/status/936605119742988289
https://twitter.com/svengamex/status/936618501703430145
Michael Flynn at Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016: "If I did a tenth of what she did, then I would be in jail today." #LockFlynnUp pic.twitter.com/LZYEEeeLay
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) December 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/Brooklyn_Ice20/status/936616565230862336
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonVA_NOW/status/936606094922838021
@sethpetersonla While you were sleeping
Flynn found guilty
Christmas/Hanukkah came early #LockFlynnUp #LockThemAllUp— Jeanne (@jeanneb2_0) December 1, 2017
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