{"id":401195,"date":"2019-03-25T02:34:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T01:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/resistance-licks-wounds-maga-camp-enjoys-salty-popcorn-memes-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T02:34:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T01:34:30","slug":"resistance-licks-wounds-maga-camp-enjoys-salty-popcorn-memes-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/resistance-licks-wounds-maga-camp-enjoys-salty-popcorn-memes-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"#Resistance licks wounds, MAGA camp enjoys salty popcorn &#038; memes \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c982c73dda4c817058b4632.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        As the Russiagate conspiracy theory disintegrates in the wake of the Mueller report\u2019s conclusions, Resistance Twitter is struggling to cope, while Trump supporters are basking in their foes\u2019 suffering.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The anti-Trump coalition largely seized on the line in Attorney General William Barr\u2019s report summary stating the document \u201cdoes not exonerate\u201d Trump of obstruction charges, demanding the release of the special counsel\u2019s report. The reality-based community could only look on in amazement. And laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Some screeched about a cover-up,<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fact that Robert Mueller\u2019s report did NOT exonerate Donald Trump on the key question of whether he committed obstruction of justice is a damn good indication that Trump DID obstruct justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReleaseTheFullReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReleaseTheFullReport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncoopertweets\/status\/1109953441705664513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Okay. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> renders one thing evident&#8230;the president can not be exonerated. Don&#8217;s new word, exonerate, won&#8217;t matter to the Southern District of NY either. The president is a liar. Taxes and bank records will show this and the SDNY is Don&#8217;s fate. Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simplified Politics (@SimplifiedPoli1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimplifiedPoli1\/status\/1109968806494027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>The moving of goalposts commenced,<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Again, you guys do realize that Barr\u2019s letter specifies that there were efforts to influence the election (1. Social influence campaign, 2. DNC hack), right? People seem to keep flossing over that in their dumbass touchdown dances.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParkerMolloy\/status\/1109956504868847617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barr\u2019s letter confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> was under investigation. Barr &amp; Rosenstein concluded evidence insufficient to establish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@potus<\/a> committed obstruction of justice, but quoted Mueller stated \u201creport does not exonerate him.\u201d Trump lied to the public today about that finding. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KHEsYfwf88\">pic.twitter.com\/KHEsYfwf88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Howard (@digiphile) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/digiphile\/status\/1109960670278230017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So many hot takes today in the absence of data.<\/p>\n<p>1) We have Barr\u2019s letter. Not Mueller\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>2) Muellers report was narrowly focused on *intent*.<\/p>\n<p>3) Mueller did find additional data that warranted offloading investigation\/prosecution to other legal jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Chill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan William Jones (@BWJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BWJones\/status\/1109959469859921920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and Barr was declared compromised.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fix was in when Trump replaced his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, with Matt Whitaker (in an acting capacity) and then Barr. This is a sad day for the rule of law. <\/p>\n<p>7\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jentaub\/status\/1109960011197964290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&#8217;t want to hear complaints about the Mueller investigation after 11 Bengazi hearings with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> that produced nothing &amp; the faux e-mail scandal that produced nothing. There was collusion &amp; obstruction but Barr, a Trump appointee is covering this up for his Fuhrer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Melendez (@stutteringjohnm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stutteringjohnm\/status\/1109961204728881152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t believe a word of the Mueller report from Rumps puppet AG!! Let us read it. I bet you $100 it\u2019s not as Barr reported. But there are plenty of other investigations not headed up by people in his control. This is the end of the beginning but not the end<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Kravitz (@jeffkravitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffkravitz\/status\/1109978547542614016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Conservatives gleefully pronounced the Resistance DOA,<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That scraping noise you may hear in Washington this afternoon is the sound of people who boosted the Trump-Russian collusion story trying to get the egg of their faces. I wonder if Adam Schiff will ever be able to get it off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brit Hume (@brithume) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brithume\/status\/1109912178168156160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Celebrating with memes,<\/p>\n<p>and mocking the inability of the self-appointed opposition to come to terms with reality.<\/p>\n<p>Others were more gentle in their mockery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe, in the end, the Mueller Report was about the all the memories and friends we made along the way.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Berger (@KevinBerger1230) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinBerger1230\/status\/1109962165652471808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>While Russiagate skeptics with no love lost for Trump predicted the next step of the madness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Turning on Mueller and impugning his integrity and competence is the inevitable outcome &#8211; it&#8217;s the only play the Trump\/Russia devotees have &#8211; and here&#8217;s the start: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btey70xrIw\">https:\/\/t.co\/btey70xrIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1109964982601555973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to all the resistance Russiagate hustlers and spooks current and former who just massively increased Trump\u2019s chances of re-election <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wbuOLRjzUR\">https:\/\/t.co\/wbuOLRjzUR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxBlumenthal\/status\/1109963334500208646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-big\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/454647-mueller-report-obstruction-denial\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"read-more-big__container\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"read-more-big__content\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__subtitle\">Also on rt.com<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__title\">\u2018Trump is still bad!\u2019 Media &amp; Dems refuse to swallow Mueller\u2019s red pill, grasp at obstruction straw<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__cover lazyload\" data-bgset=\"&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xxs\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 280w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xs\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 320w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 460w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/m\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 540w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/l\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 768w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/article\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 980w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xxl\/5c980d27dda4c80d038b4652.jpeg 1240w&#10;                        \" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/454650-resistance-meltdown-mueller-memes\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Russiagate conspiracy theory disintegrates in the wake of the Mueller report\u2019s conclusions, Resistance Twitter is struggling to cope, while Trump supporters are basking in their foes\u2019 suffering. 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