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Sirena Bergman
Aug 29, 2019

Not everyone was amused
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After Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the primary yesterday, the president followed up with a sarcastic tweet, saying she was "the one I was really afraid of".
Many pointed out that given his murky affairs, Trump has a lot to be afraid of as well as the Democratic nomination - whoever it may be.
@realDonaldTrump The ONLY one you're really afraid of is THE LAW. That said, Kirsten Gillibrand could've beaten yo… https://t.co/k5Y1EjWzBq— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1567032687
@realDonaldTrump ‘Potential Trump Lawsuit Against Lawrence O’Donnell Could ‘Backfire’ by Making Deutsche Bank Docs… https://t.co/QG6H5Ljdzl— RynheartTheReluctant (@RynheartTheReluctant) 1567034723
@realDonaldTrump The only sad thing is your commitment to tweeting BS. You will LOSE re-election to any democrat ru… https://t.co/yZo1Pab39V— B. Janine Morison - Vaxxed, Boosted and Masked. 😷 (@B. Janine Morison - Vaxxed, Boosted and Masked. 😷) 1567042147
@realDonaldTrump You were so scared of Hillary Clinton that you kissed the ring of a foreign dictator to corrupt an election. Go on...— John Pavlovitz (@John Pavlovitz) 1567032412
@realDonaldTrump another lie, we all know your biggest fear is a balanced diet— Jay (@Jay) 1567044799
Others doubted the apparent spontaneity of the tweet.
@rmayemsinger @realDonaldTrump Now now now. Let's give him *some* credit. There were two blanks. Two whole blanks… https://t.co/2MtYxBBtWi— Code R. ⚡ (@Code R. ⚡) 1567084707
Senator Gillibrand was not a frontrunner among the Democrats, which is perhaps what the was alluding to.
However, she does have the most anti-Trump voting record of any senator.
Gillibrand has the most anti-Trump voting record of any Democratic senator. https://t.co/KO8vWSoYIr— Nate Silver (@Nate Silver) 1547595905
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