Jesse Watter of Fox News just threw, with the shelved news, a nuclear rant on Twitter that gets people’s heads going crazy. The conservative presenter went into an unhinged rant about how supposedly the Democrats are freaking out over stock market fluctuations, and let’s just say the replies did NOT hold back.
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So here is the complete gist – Watters claimed Democrats were mad because the Dow Jones fell and then activated angry when it recovered. They were wanting Trump to be investigated for he’d taken the tariffs off, but were only peeved because they were not “tipped off” as to the the gonnings of market activities. The whole thread reads like greatest hits of right-wing talking points-bashed Bidenomics-threw around all kinds of things with respect to immigration-and ended with a bunch of unrelated jabs at China, trans people, and Hamas just to make it super Jesse.
Pure gold came, oh did the responses. From every possible angle, they assaulted Watters. A few highlights:
Suze (@STSue63)-“Who are you? As at the moment you seems to be the voice over for Trump’s ae.” Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.
Bryce Burnet (@BryceBurnet)-“People are mad because it was clearly an orchestrated event for profits for a select few, you insufferable dolt.” Mic drop.
Then there was SCRanger (@SCRanger342088) calling out potential market manipulation: “Buying that many options day of expiration is classic inside trading. If u want Pelosi investigated, be transparent and call this manipulation out.” Fair point actually.
Replies got “hot” pretty quickly too; from “the propaganda continues” (Alasdair Rankin) to even asking whether Watters himself was alright (Kali Ryanne in with the concerned “Are you ok? This is very out of touch with reality”).
There were some supporters though-proverbs31 (@HName23) said just this simple “💯 well said” whereas Don’t care (@Dontcar47386723) engaged in a multi-reply spree defending Trump and Elon Musk. That account was WORKING overtime in those replies.
Multiple people joined it but nail them dead. Ruth (@Ruth10629123) said Trump “looks at death’s door” accompanied with various concerning symptoms. Yikes.
The tweet managed to touch a nerve. It has the potential to evoke emotion from both sides. Whether that be Watters spitting facts or being completely delusional most probably depends on which side of the politics you fall on. One thing is sure, though-the man knows how to generate controversy. Engaging or disengaging, it didn’t matter; it was blowing up this thread.
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Till now stock market takes have remained debatable-this one adds to it the random culture war nonsense. Whether this bolsters or detracts from Watters’ credibility remains to be seen-it certainly got attention, and that’s probably all that matters in the current media world.