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:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792
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
Ha!…I'm not even sweating it. Your boy can't hack it. He will be out of office in a year.
— Salty John (@saltyjohnbos) December 23, 2016
Right? "Both sides" are always tweeting about nuclear war, amirite?
— Clown Coup, Bro (@smullins3000) December 23, 2016
Doesnt Alaska have a Strategic Air Command base? I have to assume they and Hawaii are on some targeting map.
— Christopher Suprun (@TheChrisSuprun) December 23, 2016
Hopefully this isn't what it takes for his supporters to realize that words have consequences. pic.twitter.com/e0VQpW76JS
— The Id DM (@TheIdDM) December 23, 2016
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
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
- 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. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
