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The Trump campaign team seemingly booked the wrong “Four Seasons.” Instead of holding a press conference at the iconic hotel, it ended up in the parking lot of a small landscaping business situated between a crematorium and an adult bookstore. Here’s what else caught our attention this weekend:
- Tomi Lahren is big mad about the election results—people are using her own words against her
- Proud Boys threaten action over Biden election win
- Is it safe to travel for Thanksgiving during the pandemic?
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Tomi Lahren is big mad about the election results—people are using her own words against her
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday was named the president-elect. About an hour before the 2020 presidential election was called in Biden’s favor, President Donald Trump declared that he was the winner on Twitter—the premature declaration was ill-timed, to say the least. While many of Trump’s tweets have aged poorly, people online are pointing out that none have aged poorly more quickly than this one.
Trump’s tweet wasn’t the only one to resurface over the weekend. Conservative talking head Tomi Lahren regurgitated what Trump and many other Republicans have been baselessly claiming ever since it became clear Trump was on track to lose the election: The election was “stolen.” But back in July, when the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement was at its peak, Lahren tweeted, “If you don’t like this country there are about 200 others to choose from. Pick one and leave.” Many are now using the tweet to call Lahren out on her apparent hypocrisy and urge her to “listen to your own advice.”
And while Lahren is being urged to leave the country, it’s the president who just might. Trump said during a rally in October that he may “have to leave the country” out of embarrassment if he loses to the “worst candidate in the history of presidential politics.”
That speech also resurfaced on Sunday.
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—Eilish O’Sullivan, news wire editor
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Proud Boys threaten action over Biden election win
In a Saturday post on Parler, an alternative social media site used by conservatives, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio seemingly called on members of the group to rise up in defense of President Donald Trump. While Tarrio’s statement is vague, his followers on Parler have begun calling for violence over the false claims that Trump lost the election due to widespread voter fraud.
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—Mikael Thalen, contributing writer
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Is it safe to travel for Thanksgiving during the pandemic?
Though experts recommend against traveling for the holidays, many recognize some travel is inevitable. If you know you’re traveling for Thanksgiving during COVID-19, there are some precautions you can take to protect yourself and others.
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—Esther Bell, contributing writer
INTERNET PERSON OF THE WEEKEND
Our internet person of the weekend is a shirtless American man who went viral for interrupting a French broadcast so hilariously that even the reporter couldn’t hold back his laughter. The man put on his best French accent (it was really bad) and spewed out his limited knowledge about France, which was all seemingly derived from an episode of Dexter’s Laboratory. “I ate escargot! I love a croissant. I love an omelette du fromage,” he exclaims with a shimmy.
The interruption occurred at a pop-up street celebration after former Vice President Biden was named president-elect.
As contributing writer Rachel Kiley put it, “Regardless of the (undoubtedly one-sided) language barrier, the emotions coming out of that moment were clear. The man’s willingness to be absolutely ridiculous on a random French broadcast demonstrated a lighthearted joy many Americans are feeling.”
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