President Donald Trump (yeah, I’m still getting used to it too) gave his first official State of the Union address tonight and it was… interesting. He spoke very slowly for almost an hour and a half, mostly disgorging bland platitudes and vague promises to do stuff. The only meaty policy details came when he talked about immigration, an issue he clearly has a racist boner for. The speech was punctuated by personal stories of the guests he invited, which he at times held up as shining examples and at others wielded like an ideological cudgel to batter his opponents. You know, politics! Anyway, as usual, the only entertaining part was the tweets. Here are a bunch of the best ones I was still sober enough to find!
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I've got my State of the Union Bingo card ready to go! pic.twitter.com/dKBlz2nnKV
— Daniel Spenser (@DanSpenser) January 31, 2018
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Great speech pic.twitter.com/rD2fzdchxi
— Dr. Bucky Isotope, why am I here, am I even real? (@BuckyIsotope) January 31, 2018
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p good odds Mike Pence is peeing in his seat pic.twitter.com/xwGwa7EVXn
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) January 31, 2018
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https://twitter.com/morgan_murphy/status/958525982243106816
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Atlas Smugged pic.twitter.com/ePlhvYdEBj
— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) January 31, 2018
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"We all share the same American Flag" #SOTU pic.twitter.com/XB9jTMt9Lz
— Lizz "Insufferable Wench" Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 31, 2018
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Inspiring words from Trump at the State of the Union pic.twitter.com/yrVRDGE2EC
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) January 31, 2018
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Half of the new jobs Trump has created are just federal prosecutors
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) January 31, 2018
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Never play the staring game with Neil Gorsuch #SOTU pic.twitter.com/pxPvgwTnsn
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) January 31, 2018
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When ur dad finds pot in your room and you try to tell him it's oregano. pic.twitter.com/UQGgfL5v4Z
— Jason Mustian (@jasonmustian) January 31, 2018