When it comes to mocking President Donald Trump’s postelection antics, Dan Rather has of late been on something of a roll.
On Monday, the veteran broadcast journalist dinged the outgoing president’s desperate attempts to cling to power with this tweet:
Worst farewell tour. Ever.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 7, 2020
Rather this month has used a series of pithy posts on the social media platform to call out Trump’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud, pardoning of allies and his supporters’ acceptance of reality-defying falsehoods. Many of Rather’s tweets have gone viral.
I think Donald Trump’s mantra for his lies about election fraud can be boiled down to some version of “You will not replace us.”
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 1, 2020
Can’t we get to the point in this movie where Toto pulls the green curtain?
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 2, 2020
Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone’s going around saying “pardon me.”
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 2, 2020
Is anyone else getting tired of the headlines: Election Results Are Still The Same As They Were Weeks Ago When Everyone Who Doesn’t Wear Tinfoil on Their Head Knew Biden Won?
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 2, 2020
Enough is enough. And it's been enough, for long enough. Enough said.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 4, 2020
I checked with medical experts and apparently you CAN physically wear a mask AND a tinfoil hat at the same time. Just clearing that up in case anybody was wondering.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 5, 2020
Now is the winter of our discontent.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 5, 2020
A reminder that elected officials regularly booked on TV news shows used that platform to tell the American public that the virus would magically disappear after the election.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 5, 2020
Wine gets better with age. Whining gets old real quick.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 6, 2020
Governance > Grievance
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 6, 2020
If it’s anything like Trump University was fo higher education, the library will have as many books as a demolition derby. https://t.co/ZSiZmKyPny
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 7, 2020
Rather’s most succinct riposte for Trump, however, came in November, just days after Joe Biden was projected as the election winner:
Dude. You lost.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 13, 2020
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