I never thought it would be possible to agree with Ann Coulter about anything. The woman has built her career on being a telegenic racist troll. For just a tiny representative sample of her horribleness: She’s called liberals “demonic;” after September 11, she said “We should invade [Muslim] countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity”; she’s said that “Americans should fear immigrants more than ISIS,” and believes Mexican culture to be “deficient.”
Until recently, she was also a giant fan of Donald Trump. She even wrote an entire book titled In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!, in which she compared him to an archetypically wise Shakespearean fool—the kind of character who “seems crass because he speaks the truth.”
Lately, though, she’s been a vocal critic of Trump, and today, she called his decision to declare a national emergency in order to get funding for his border wall exactly what it is: an attempt to convince his base that he’s doing everything he can to stop the nonexistent crisis at the border, all while not actually doing anything at all, but still putting himself in a position to be able to blame Democrats for his effectualness.
No, the goal of a national emergency is for Trump to scam the stupidest people in his base for 2 more years. https://t.co/6DQSkqxV8h
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 15, 2019
It feels really gross to agree with something Ann Coulter says.
I just retweeted an Ann Coulter tweet because I agreed with it…
I feel dirty af.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 15, 2019
The year is 2019. Kenny G is serenading Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga is up for an Oscar, and I’m agreeing with Ann Coulter. pic.twitter.com/4068aun30d
— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 15, 2019
I hate it when Ann Coulter is right. https://t.co/Rs5zAZnVdN
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) February 15, 2019
It is a strange feeling.
Ann Coulter trash talking Trump is like cancer insulting the plague.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 15, 2019
Ann Coulter attacking Trump is like a constipated Darth Vader doing a force choke on his own colon
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) February 15, 2019
Of course, we don’t really agree with Coulter because her problem with Trump and his national emergency is that it’s not racist enough.
The goal is to get Trump’s stupidest voters to say “HE’S FIGHTING!” No he’s not. If he signs this bill, it’s over. https://t.co/6DQSkqxV8h
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 15, 2019
The woman who said she would “walk across glass for” Trump after he gave his infamous speech calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” is now mad at Trump because he hasn’t yet built the wall he promised he would.
Ann Coulter Attacks Trump For Cowardly Backing Down From Full On Race War https://t.co/g4Y99UA8TE pic.twitter.com/QE4Ez4mX3x
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 15, 2019
Meanwhile, when asked about Coulter earlier today, Trump went full Mariah.
“Ann Coulter, I don’t know her. I hardly know her. I haven’t spoken to her in way over a year,” he said when asked about the influence she and other conservative media figures have over him.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders echoed that message on Fox News earlier today.
.@PressSec *goes in* on Ann Coulter on Fox News: “I don’t think Ann Coulter has any influence over anything. I just don’t see her as being an influential voice in this country, and certainly not one in this building.” pic.twitter.com/5vJ8WAXzNw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 15, 2019
Last month, Coulter claimed to have enormous influence over Trump and his policies.
“I’ve been advising the president whether on Twitter, in columns, or in private conversations you’re not allowed to know about, since Election Day.”
Here’s Awful Ann Coulter telling @vicenews tonight she does in fact have the president’s ear on immigration. pic.twitter.com/gBItcHWvbO
— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) January 16, 2019
But Trump is now denying that, saying that Coulter is “off the reservation,” because the man doesn’t know how not to be racist.
Which I suppose is something he and Coulter still have in common.
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