1.15.2021

Pranking the People

All That’s Left of Trumpism Is Hilariously Stupid, Deadly Serious Social Media Stunts

Among other spectacles the same day, a handful of Republican lawmakers made a campy show of refusing to go through the newly installed metal detectors at the Capitol, which were made necessary by the armed insurrection that their last set of social media stunts had enabled. The ostensible purpose of the unnecessary display was to complain about the added security measures on Twitter and titillate the far right.

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