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NPR’s Declaration of Independence tweets upset Trump supporters
If the tweet fits…

It’s sure says something when people begin mistaking excerpts from the most famous document in U.S. history as subtweets about our 45th president.
Which is exactly what happened when NPR decided to tweet out the entire Declaration of Independence, straight from the National Archives, catching the attention of Trump supporters thinking the account was really going off about President Donald Trump.
NPR tweeted out the entire Declaration of Independence, and wow... uh... the responses are... something. pic.twitter.com/KurdVurRgW
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 5, 2017
I can't get enough of people getting mad online because @NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence pic.twitter.com/D7MpparS5g
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) July 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/AlexandraAimee/status/882361303381155840
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/882407038755713027
Of course, out of context some of these tweets appear to take some sort of political stance for human rights. Because, well, they are political, because they’ve come directly from a call to remove the U.S. from British rule.
that all men are created equal,
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017
it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government,
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017
And so quite a few of these lines (again, out of context) garnered great attention.
So, NPR is calling for revolution.
— D.G.Davies (@JustEsrafel) July 4, 2017
Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound "patriotic".
Your implications are clear.
I'm all for altering or abolishing!
— Pam B. (@whammus) July 4, 2017
stop it
— braeden (@wokepolitik) July 4, 2017
Trump’s supporters grew particularly prickled at this line about, uhh, princes who come off as tyrants…
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017
Of course, as easy as it is to respond with vitriol to a tweet you think is about the president you support, it’s just as simple to delete them once you’re dragged through the internet and back.
And it's amazing how many people misread this thread and thought NPR was advocating the overthrow of the gov't! LMAO!
— Denise Andre (@DAndreAz) July 5, 2017
But screenshots? Much like this historical document, those are forever.
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/882405812811042816
This woman thought someone hacked the NPR account. She eventually figured it out, though. pic.twitter.com/JjJ990rB4g
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 5, 2017
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 5, 2017
H/T @ParkerMolloy

Samantha Grasso
Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on Los Angeles Magazine, Death And Taxes, Revelist, Texts From Last Night, Austin Monthly, and she has previously contributed to Texas Monthly.