FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver apparently took issue with Donald Trump’s call for the United States to “strengthen and expand” our nuclear capabilities. On Friday, the pollster tweeted a picture of what the electoral map would look like after an all-out nuclear war.

Here's what the electoral map would look like if only people who weren't burnt to a crisp in the nuclear holocaust voted. pic.twitter.com/MsrkuOjZWi

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 23, 2016

Essentially, Silver sees Alaska, Hawaii, and, for some reason, Wyoming managing to survive the nuclear apocalypse. Just a day later, the tweet had almost 12,000 retweets and 15,000 likes.

Here is the Trump tweet Silver was responding to:

The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016

Trump also doubled-down and upped the ante regarding U.S. nuclear capability when he told MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski off-air Friday morning, according to Brzezinski’s recollection, “Let it be an arms race, we will outmatch them at every pass … and outlast them all.”

Here’s some interesting social media reaction from both left and right to Silver’s tweet:

https://twitter.com/NickDeBabylon/status/812307536447733760

https://twitter.com/saltyjohnbos/status/812315156080427008

https://twitter.com/smullins3000/status/812331986916438016

Doesnt Alaska have a Strategic Air Command base? I have to assume they and Hawaii are on some targeting map.

— Chris Suprun 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇮🇱🇹🇼 (@TheChrisSuprun) December 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/TheIdDM/status/812305584246517760

https://twitter.com/QuockerJoe/status/812306005933453317

https://twitter.com/BIuesTraveIer/status/812305074533912576

https://twitter.com/davelandy/status/812306693937917952

Wake up right! Receive our free morning news blast HERE

• About
• Latest Posts

Scott Morefield

Scott Morefield is a news and opinion columnist for BizPac Review. In addition to his work on BPR, Scott's commentary can also be found on Townhall, TheBlaze, The Hill, WND, Breitbart, National Review, The Federalist, and many other sites, including A Morefield Life, where he and his wife, Kim, share their marriage and parenting journey.

Latest posts by Scott Morefield (see all)

• West Point accepts Parkland student’s application to military academy after his tragic death - February 21, 2018
• Nancy Pelosi is in middle of grandstanding at Arizona townhall when question yelled from audience grinds it to a halt - February 21, 2018
• Columbine survivor blows media’s plan to exploit naive students – here’s what happens when they grow up - February 20, 2018

Comment

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.