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17 unambiguous clapbacks to this Spectator columnist’s wild claim that ‘We are all MAGA’
If you watch any of the many political programmes in the UK, you’ll at least be vaguely familiar with frequent flyer, Kate Andrews.
You won’t be surprised to learn that the Economics Editor at the Spectator, who also writes for the Telegraph, is well and truly on the right of the political spectrum, so you probably wouldn’t have expected her to be – as she claims – a ‘never-Trumper’.
It’s especially difficult to believe after seeing her article in the Spectator, reacting to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, claiming “Today, we’re all MAGA.”
In it, she references the exchange between a wounded President Ronald Reagan and his doctor, in the aftermath of the attempt on his life. When the President said he hoped the surgeons were Republicans, one replied –
‘Today, Mr. President, we’re all Republicans.’
Of course, there’s a world of difference between basic Republicanism and MAGA. People were not happy to be tarred with that particular brush.
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I can’t compete with this pic.twitter.com/pBNeM0q0Fb
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) July 14, 2024
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OMG ummmm no we’re not….who is this Kate Andrews and is she drunk https://t.co/zsVa3jHhjl pic.twitter.com/fYf7UaLekY
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 14, 2024
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*The day after the assassination attempt on Hitler*
Kate Andrews: Today, we're all Nazis. pic.twitter.com/N9lHBrANMz
— Ben Van Der Velde (@VanderLaugh) July 14, 2024
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Fuck ALL THE WAY OFF with this take, Kate Andrews.
There is only one side NOT respecting election results.
There is only ONE side threatening to jail political opponents.
And the millions dead BECAUSE of despots would like a WORD.
FUCK. ALL. THE. WAY. OFF. https://t.co/67kbovdVl9 pic.twitter.com/7y05qb7WVx
— tvchiquita (@tvchiquita) July 14, 2024
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Absolutely not. pic.twitter.com/2yFSHof0Im
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 14, 2024
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Who the fuck is Kate Andrews? And how can I tell her to speak for her fucking self? pic.twitter.com/mVmMtWMH6p
— Matthew Verkamp (@MatthewVerkamp) July 14, 2024
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It's not even ten thirty, and already Kate Andrews has the worst take of the day, the week, the month, and maybe even the year.
(The same Kate Andrews who seems to have a season ticket to appear on just about every political show going, for utterly unfathomable reasons.) pic.twitter.com/AozE5SuvgR
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) July 14, 2024
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Kate Andrews said, “We”.
Never MAGA pic.twitter.com/qFH7Tbo4WY
— Charli Huxley (@ImKnotTheOne) July 14, 2024
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Well, I got Instablocked by alleged “Never Trumper” Kate Andrews from @nytimes & what I tweeted to her is nothing compared to some of what I’ve seen
“We” are NOT “all MAGA” today or any other day so I’ll wear this block with honor pic.twitter.com/JMqFoKHg0Q
— (((Tara Dublin))), Rock Star Author ❤️ (@taradublinrocks) July 14, 2024
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Why after a horrific and terrible shooting would we all join a movement opposed to addressing America’s gun crisis, Kate Andrews of the @spectator? pic.twitter.com/sbe52S5UMP
— Bill Prady ⚛️ (@billprady) July 14, 2024
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Look, maybe saying "We're all Americans" but MAGA isn't even a party. It's a collection of rancid racist and fascist ideologies.
So, again, no, Kate. pic.twitter.com/XmfpPRmKiO
— Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (@waitmanwbeorn.com ) (@waitmanb) July 14, 2024
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tOdAy We’Re aLL mAgA pic.twitter.com/JOUpLKO56s
— Wrex Weed (@wrexweed) July 14, 2024
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Kate Andrews: Today we’re all MAGA
Everyone else: pic.twitter.com/t1R5EapOos
— Tipsy (@Karmalize2) July 14, 2024
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Today in idiots. https://t.co/omsHwT8MIp
— Sunny Chapman (@THESunnyChapman) July 14, 2024
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I've never had much time for Kate Andrews, but this is her dumbest take ever.
No, I'm not MAGA. That's why I'm horrified by political violence. It's a key difference. We recoil at it. MAGA celebrates and embraces it https://t.co/wOIC5U20HY
— Skylar Baker-Jordan (@SkylarJordan) July 14, 2024
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Sorry @KateAndrs – just to be clear, you’re saying that if this had happened to Biden you’d have written, “today we’re all Democrats”. And if this had happened to RFK you’d have written, “today we’re all independents”? https://t.co/KaLtGSgcje
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 14, 2024
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Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/Yfx68cvJIz
— BeaglesResist (@BeaglesResist) July 14, 2024
Perhaps best of all, and certainly most apt, was this response from Star Trek legend George Takei.
The Borg tried this, too. We defeated them. pic.twitter.com/89iANSdPHx
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 14, 2024
We weren’t the only ones who loved it.
I didn't want to amplify this crazy woman but this is too funny https://t.co/1m1sntjJXX
— Peter Bee (@Anh4g4) July 14, 2024
Easily the best takedown of her preposterous post. https://t.co/6gdIud75J3
— Patrick J O'Donnell (@patrick1386) July 14, 2024
To put it simply –
Resistance is not futile https://t.co/sSA003z9Oh
— David Mirren (@davidmcgeoch9) July 14, 2024
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